Monday 7
First day back at college & I missed my train (ahhh nothing changes?)
Got to Sociology at 9.20
Bought a pair of burgundy shoes cos my others fell to pieces
(They were very similar to these)
Also bought KC & the Sunshine Band 'Please don't go'
Came home for lunch
Went back for Nutrition but it was cancelled
Me & Fi came back here & watched 'Saturday Night Fever'
Sam rang
He got a B+ in his QS (quantity surveying) correspondence course
Posted my letter to him
Wrote to Corinna (my German penpal)
Watched 'Thunderbolt and Lightfoot' = great
Sam rang again
Went to bed at 11.30
Tuesday 8
Got up at 9.20
Sam phoned form work at 9.30
Fi had the morning off (so it would seem I had too )
Went to Chez's for dinner
Cookery was cancelled because lecturer is ill
Got home at 3.30
Knitted and watched TV
Naughty, naughty!!
I should be revising
Rang Sam at 9.00
He said he had got my letter (wow that was quick mail)
Went to bed at 11.30
I have finished the front of my sweater
Wednesday 9
Got up at 9.20
Had a bath & washed my hair
Got to college at 11.00
Cookery lecturer was in today
Came home at 2.00 (gosh that was a tough old day lol)
Fi came home with me
Bought 3 balls of wool £1.77
Fi did the rib for the 2 sleeves (I was obviously rubbish at doing the rib!!)
Tided the front room
Got a nice letter of Sam & he phoned as well
Did some college work in evening
Watched 'Fawlty Towers' ( Fawlty Towers has to be one of my ever favourite TV programmes, quintessentially Barking, Brilliant British humour at its best. Here are some classic quotes from the programme and here too also a clip of it here.)
Sam rang at 9.00
Went to bed at 11.45
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Well I made it it ... yes I made it through the the first week back after Christmas break.
I managed to complete 2 days hours in one day yesterday thanks to the rail network in the UK.
I had to go to London yesterday for a meeting.... on the way down the train was late due to a vehicle hitting a railway bridge, so the train had to reverse. Got to my meeting 1 1/2 late.
On the return my booked 17.40 train left without any passengers... yes you read that right 'without any passengers'!
It was showing on the board that it was being prepared with no platform number then it disappeared from there. When I enquired what had happened I was told it had gone...
'gone?' I asked...
'yes if it has gone off the board it has departed' was the reply...
'so a train left London en route to Manchester without any passengers?' I asked
'yes that would seem what has happened' was the reply
You know you couldn't make something like that up could you?... surely someone somewhere with half a braincell on the departing train thought... 'gosh it is quiet on this train tonight ??'
Got home at 21.45 (after leaving home at 07.00) .... tsk !!
TGIF :-)
14 comments:
oh dear that's a long day. hope you had a nice stiff drink when you finally made it home
Dear oh dear oh dear - I've warned you about the dangers of working before ..... anyway, have a lovely weekend .........
NM ~ I may have had a glass of wine when I got home lol
It's funny I used to frequently do days of that length before I had a change of career and it never really threw me .. it is amazing how quickly you adapt to the 9 -5 routine
DP ~ no worries I have about 160 pay packets to retirement hee hee
thank you you have a fabby weekend too :-)
I've noticed that when things go wrong with the trains, they REALLY go wrong. It's never 5-10 minutes late, always hours. And always when it's important to be on time. Why is that? It's almost as if they know...
Hope you are enjoying your weekend! You've earned it!
Get paid weekly so you can retire earlier ....... or become a famous artist ....... or a famous blogger ...... or marry a rich man with a heart condition ......
DP....do you know any rich men with heart conditions? Just wunnerin'....
70's - That's pretty funny about the train! How did you make it home?
@Olga - if I did I'd marry him .....
..... is it bigamy if you marry someone of the same sex? ..... oh well
DP ~ 'or become a famous artist ....... or a famous blogger ...... or marry a rich man with a heart condition ....'.... I suspect the weekly pay packets is the only likely option lol
Olga~ I had to wait for the next train .. oh the next train was cancelled so it was the next train after the next train... all in all a pretty stressy day :(
Diane ~ you are absolutely right in what you say if you have to get to somewhere for a certain time they go horribly wrong .. the odd 5 -10 minute delays are hardly noticable in the greater scheme of rail travel ... ah well not due down Souff until the end of the month now so I may have recovered by then lol :-)
No DP... it's bigamy for me to keep retrieving your papers when I still have not received even the other flip-flop!
70s - Did you keep in touch with Corinna (your penpal) or was that a thing of your youth only?
Dear Frac ~ I did actually write to her (in really bad German) many years later at the address I had from her but I got no reply ... maybe I should see if I can find her on Facebook ??
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