I spent the day at my sister Hazels, David and Sarah came about 1pm for me, we were being picked up from theirs about 2pm by Chris. Chris’s mum and dad Eileen and Len were there, we had a drink while we waited for Ruth and Doug to arrive, they were waiting for a taxi so Chris went to pick them up. We had a nice roast dinner and buffet laid on, after we ate we exchanged our presents, then drank lots more. Hazels friend came later, I had a play with Nicola on her new wii game that was fun even after lots of vodka

I don’t know what time we left, i was staying at David and Sarahs, that was me til the next morning

A Very Happy Christmas To You All xxxx
Well i’ve had lots of sleep ins, the Christmas shopping is finally done, oh thank goodness, so i only had to get my food and drink in, but that was effort enough, even though there’s only me i still have about six bags to carry.

This year i’m on my own but i’d rather that than the Christmas i spent with the selfish person i was with last year and i’ve made sure i have nice food to eat and plenty to drink. Unfortunately i’m not where i want to be or with who i want they’re thousands of miles away and i couldn’t get a flight to be with him.
So i’ve had a nice quiet day i made a nice dinner but i couldn’t do it justice and finish it, i watched shrek 2, i love it I’ve had a nice bottle of wine watching coronation street, then i’ll watch some films and have some vodka,

On Thursday i went to meet my friend Elaine for drinks with her friends from the physio, they’re all in frames from breakages or just had them removed. I eventually arrived about 430pm, i wanted to pick some last minute things up on the way there, after being nearly knocked on my butt three times no way was i going back in to the city.

Elaine was really pleased to see me and her friends were really nice and welcoming too, we had a great afternoon and night, i usually drink doubles but her friend Kevin was getting me trebles.

We got a taxi home to mine i think it must have been about 1am then Elaine phoned for her husband to come and get her. I don’t know how i managed to get up for work the next day, but it’s a good job it was the last day that’s all i can say. Also we were only there an hour and half and i went promptly back to bed when i got back home

I was very tired so when i got home after work so i went to bed for a couple of hours. When i woke i had a nice soak in the bath, i’d bought myself some christmas bath bombs so my water was lovely and soft and full of stars and glitter, I’d also bought some new makeup for the christmas too, i thought it was black eyeshadow but it was more like a charcoal, very sultry all the same and a change from my usual brown i’d worn forever and it went very nice with my new top and shorts.

I met the girls from work in one of the bars in town we had a couple of drinks there before we went to the party which was in the Adelphi Hotel where it’s been held every year now. They put a nice party on for us and we get 3 free drinks, raffle tickets, which i’m yet to win anything, but hey ho.

When we went in to sit at our table i was greeted by Bernie our union rep, he gave me a bottle of southern comfort to have a drink, he also brought the bottle back to the table later. After the buffet which is always really nice we had the raffle, this year all but two won on our table, another and me

Afterwards we had lots of dancing to the disco, i mostly danced with my friend Maureen or Sheila. We were also given more drinks vouchers, there was a lot not  turned up because of illness.

The music finished   about 1am, we were lucky getting home because Eileens son drives a taxi,

So all in all it was a lovely night, but oh i suffered the next day, so i just cabbaged all day on the sofa

I got up about 10 to get ready, have my bath etc and travel to my brother David and Sarahs house, they were taking me with them to Huddersfield. We were staying at the Premier Inn, we got there about 530pm and i have to say it was lovely, i loved my room. I had a coffee and a nice soak in the bath then got ready for the party. I met David and Sarah downstairs and we got a taxi to my cousin Fred and Brendas house. They have a fabulous home in it’s own grounds, when we got there we were greeted by Fred and given champagne, wine or beer, it was waitress service and they had a jazz band. My cousin Wendy her husband Peter, John and his wife were there too so it was nice to see them again. Fred and their sons Andrew and Chris all gave nice speeches and Brenda thanked everyone. We had a great night, eating, drinking, chatting, dancing, i did lots of dancing, i really enjoyed myself. I think it was about 3am when we left to go back to the hotel.

Sunday; I woke about 10am, feeling a bit ugh, i could’ve stayed in the bed all day. David telephoned about 11am, i had a nice bath and got ready to leave aqnd be out the room for 12. David and Sarah brought me home, i went back to bed for an hour or so and then just relaxed on the sofa for the rest of the day.

I met my family, Hazel and Chris, Ruth and David in the city centre, to go to Malton in N Yorks. It was a nice drive and Malton was lovely. The funeral was very sad but very nice and i learnt things about my cousin i hadn’t realised about her, like her political life her total nvolvement in the community and her charity work, what an amazing woman. Afterwards we went to the parish centre for some refreshments, they couldn’t get a booking for anywhere else so unfortunately there was no after party send off for her. It was nice seeing my other cousins again, but would be nicer at another occasion other than funerals.

Sorry i haven’t done a post since i came home, but i haven’t done very much, i had a week off work when i came back because of the infection in my leg, it was agony and throbbing all the time. I went to my doctor the same day i arrived home and got some antibiotics but it was a week before the swelling went down and the throbbing stopped, only now has it just about healed and is looking better.

I went back to work on the 22nd October, i wasn’t looking forward to it but it was ok better than i expected.

I went out on the Saturday after with my friend and a few other friends, nothing exciting it’s always the same, the same pubs. There was six of us started out and by the end of the night there was only three of us, i wouldn’t go out on my own with them, imagine turning round and finding yourself in the bar alone, no thanks. I haven’t been out since or wanted to, i’d rather have a drink at home and want to save my money.

Neither of us slept too well last night, Antonio spent the morning sorting the bike out as it had a puncture, i did my packing. We went out to get some lunch but i wasn’t really hungry, my flight was delayed but i didn’t mind, it gave me an extra couple of hours. Antonio came to the airport with me, that’s all i can say about today, i feel too sad and upset to think about it.

I’m very sad today all my thinking is my last day and my last day i will do everything with Antonio.

We rode to Don Lino beach, it was a nice day, Antonio did some fishing while i relaxed in the sun and had a swim, Antonio went to get our lunch of fish and rice with beans and came back with a bottle of ron and lemonade. On the way home we went round to Playa Blanca as Antonio had been told he could get some cans of beer cheap. I chatted with a woman at the waters edge and played with her little girl while Antonio got his beer. It was still sunny so we stayed on here, we hadn’t been to this part before and it was nice.

On the way home we met a friend of Antonio, he asked could i clean my feet, she took us to her home and i had a shower down with water from the well, fantastic. We ended up staying, Antonio went to his friend Attoro and they came back with fish for supper, i’m sorry i don’t remember her name but she cooked the fish and rice, it was delicious. So we had a nice evening there eating, drinking and chatting.

Antonio was ill all morning, so we didn’t go out until the afternoon. We went for a ride, it was too late to travel to the beach so we went to the Hotel Pernik. We had to pay to enter 6 pesos each, Antonio had to leave his id card with security and your pass is checked and double checked. It was a waste of money really, we didn’t stay long, it went cloudy, we had pizza then went home for a sleep. After dinner we went for a ride on the bike then to sit in the park.