I stayed in Friday night after a day of doing nothing too. This wasn't great. I also didn't have dinner which was strange but perhaps good. I need to eat less so this is a good start but perhaps just missing meals is less good.
Saturday I worked and the day went very quickly, something I am always glad of. We all got along and had some good laughs. Plus, United had a comfortable win against West Ham, so I could laugh at Marty B. In the evening, Mother, Bryony and I went to some made up village to Zoe's Jonathan's 40th birthday party. I don't like family parties at all but it was nice to see Aunty Jen and Ben, as well as Dave, Zoe and Sadie (the less said about Jill, Deb and perhaps Hat the better). I was sad Charlie wasn't there but seeing as he was at Reading I couldn't blame him for his absence. We left quite late and I was happy to leave, enjoying the parts that I needed to. There was a guy with an eyepatch. Ben was a fun enthusiast. Not great, but neither bad, times.
I got to sleep quite easily, other than the fight outside that awoke me slightly. Waking up quite late, I got ready and we went to Prezzo's for dinner. I'd never been before but the food was nice and pretty reasonable. The company was good too. As nice as it would have been to have Trace et all plus Deb and Hat there, it worked better just as the 6 of us (that being me, Bry, Ben, Jen, Nan and Mum). We mostly talked about Deb being a wanker. That was quite funny. She is pretty shit. I think she is an alcoholic. We all found that very funny. After a cup of tea at Nan's I went to the pub with Bry to see Dad who was with Janice and Adie. The crappy singing man was there and he was shit as always. Bry left soon after because of it. The music soon ended and we just watched the football and drank, which was nice. Dad was on good form and we laughed a lot, mostly at Adie. I put some LC! and Cribs on the radio too which went down really well so that was good.
I moved to the Drab a little later on to meet many many people from work. We all had some good laughs, obviously at Matt's expense, and I got to meet Mel's girlfriend who seems lovely. After a couple of drinks there and the constant running into of people I know, we all went to the Hart for some karaoke. Though I put my name down for singing with Stu (Father and Son FTW) I didn't actually do any because I met Hayley outside and had a very long conversation with her. That was lovely. She is really nice and we have a good laugh when we speak. This combined with weird text bombardment from Ivy [STALINIST REVISIONISM] left me feeling quite in demand, a boost for my ego, something I felt like I needed. Soon after this me, Kyle, Stu and Tommy Archer gave Hayley piggybacks to the Drab which seemed quite odd but nice. She was going to come back to Jim's with us all after we'd popped to the Bell but that sadly fell through, I guess she found a better offer. I paid £3 to go into the Bell for about 15 minutes which didn't seem to bad considering I saw Sarah, Perry and a hot girl who I later realised was Garbutt's sister. We popped back to the Hart to find some girl for Matt but I decided to call it a night.
Though I was tired I couldn't sleep. My brain was too full of thoughts and concepts to let me rest. I was nervous and was over thinking. I kept catching myself thinking through all of the possible conversations that I could have [STALINIST REVISIONISM] and getting annoyed at myself for doing it. At around 4 I eventually got to sleep.
I woke up and got ready, feeling only slightly uncomfortable in my own skin (a feeling undoubtedly amplified by the nerves). I wore my new awesome Scott Pilgrim t-shirt and a pair of 3/4 lengths in agreement with what Bea and I had before talked about. She missed the bus and so owing to the Bank Holiday Monday schedule was an hour later than me. I used this time to visit Bry at the retail park. She just so happened to be on a break as I got there, a coincidence that settled me and made me believe that the universe was working for me, a rarity. Bry got me a latte and we discussed various stupid things. Bry's theory on the cockiness of insects was a particular delight. I left her soon after and met Bea at the bus stop, walking the last bit of the way talking to Ben about Spiderman 2. "We have fusion" says Jin. Oh Jin.
I was expecting a slight uncomfortable-ness but it wasn't really there, just nervous excitement. I became quite jittery, a combination of my nerves and the latte but I used that energy as a positive. I was funny and charming and I made an old woman jump by having a deep voice. In Evolution they played 'Make Your Own Kind Of Music' leading me to believe that coincidence's controller was again on my side. We both really enjoyed the film and we had Nando's afterwards, me (perhaps thriftily?) finally using my loyalty card to get the whole chicken. Symbolic? Eating a chicken corpse was fun and made for good conversation. We soon got the bus home and a great talk about our complicated personal problems. I was perhaps less giving than she was.
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