Time is flying....

and it feels like I can barely keep up.

I don't know what happened to last week, before I knew it was Friday and back to work.

I did manage to hop along to some friends (The Baileys) on thursday though. They have bought themselves (well, okay, their children) some pets, which came out for some general fussing and admiration:

Hairy Beastie Number One :














Hairy Beastie Number One (again)














There is a Hairy Beastie Number Two but other people were fussing that one!

I'd also like to apologise in advance now for lack of anything next week: but when I finish nights I'll be straight off to Bec's in Colchester: final weddingy bits and pieces to sort out- speaking to the caterers and priest again. Then on Friday we're going off to Wales for a short break.

This short break should've been undertaken by my parents- it was in fact my christmas present to them. There's a fantastic little B&B cottage on a mountainside with comfortable beds and fantastic nosh that we discovered last year. My mum was constantly hinting at my dad that they needed a weekend away so I took the liberty of booking a weekend for them.

Unfortunately, for various reasons, they can't make it. By highly fortunate coincidence (really- this wasn't the original date I had booked, my parents changed it) both myself and Bec are free that weekend and my Mum & Dad asked if we could go instead. I was like errr yes please and Bec didn't need asking twice either!

Thats the problem with us non-Alaskan dwelling people. We live 25 miles from London. Mountains, sea and scenery exist in memories, not outside the window! So the chances to go and play in them are sought after!

It does mean I won't be updating this for a little while, as I'm straight back to work on the Monday, and 12 hr shifts still = little blogability.

I'm writing this in a slightly red-eyed hazy state. I've just done the weekend day shifts- fri sat & sun 12 hr day shifts. It is simply wrong to get up at 5am on saturday and sunday! I'm onto night shift tomorrow, 7pm monday to 7am tuesday. In order so that I'm not a complete zombie by 3am tuesday morning I'll be staying up late tonight- hence writing this- and sooooooooooooo sleeping in as long as possible tomorrow afternoon. I dunno, maybe set my alarm for 2pm or so.....

Goodnight y'all people who work normal hours!