I've still got sand in my shoes...

Well it's that time again, I'm of to Thorpe for a week, so I won't be updating for a while.

Here's just one of the snaps from JJ's beach party, aren't they cute!?
climbing, blouldering, walking, mountaineering, hill walking, rock sports, extreme sports, outdoor equipment, outdoor education, peak district, craggs, boots, harness, rucksack

Bring along your old man Jo...

Here are a few snaps from Marc's party!

Wooh! Barbecue time!

Economy playboy mansion..?

Nice shades Kristy... Err nice cup Joe...

"Give us a kiss!?"

"Eeeek!"

Its twister baby!

"I said a kiss!!"

Will she bounce?

Happy Birthday JJ!

Accept the fate...

Not the red tooth brush!

One mans fun...

"Life is good?"

"yes. yes it is."

*Smile*

I'm in a good mood today, a very good mood and have been for a while now. I arrived home from work about 4 and have just had a relaxing hour and a half, not that work was at all strenuous and we even ended 30 minutes early. At this very moment I’m sitting on my bed, no shirt, laptop between my legs and damp beret upon my head. To put your minds at rest I am molding my beret for cadets, and the process involves making it wet to shape it. I had a very productive day yesterday, which included hanging the gate for mum (which took hours!) preparing a boarder in the back garden and totally rearranging my bedroom! I have work tomorrow, but it’s just a maintenance day, so no pressures or kids and staff etc. I love fixing and building stuff and have become quite the handyman slaving away for my mother, so tomorrow should be just a bit of fun. Helped by the complete range and unity of everybody’s sense of humor there, fortunately Tim will be absent along with his hugely politically incorrect jokes!

Feels like I'm loosing my breath...

I'm sitting on my bed, window wide open and blind up in a desperate effort to catch anything resembling a breeze. So far all I have managed to trap in my room is a vast number and array of flying insects, all with what appears to be the same objective, fly around my face and annoy me then land on my neck and attempt to bite me. I think I might sleep downstairs and leave the bugs up here. I have had my laptop sitting on a folder most of the evening to try and prevent the heat expelled from reaching my lap, but now unfortunately the folder and laptop have both heated up to a temperature similar to that of a small coal fire on my knees! So this too will have to be switched of shortly to prevent a fire or something more messy.

So far tonight I've done... Nothing! Didly squat! I got home from work in a good mood, only to be bummed out by the fact that tomorrow a day for me and my girlfriend has been cancelled due to her unforeseen work commitments. Which is an arse! So I took the dog for a walk for compensation in the cool summer evening only to find myself sweating yet again by the time I'd turned around at the end of the road, this muggy heat although great in the day is unbearable at night. We need some rain.

To free your mind...

A thought provoking day...

I have been quite relaxed recently, not so stressed, less irritable and generally happier. Keeping myself busy at Thorpe and at home has given me little time to build up anxieties. The days seem so short working at Thorpe which is brilliant; there is always something to keep you occupied. Home however seems to take a bit more effort to keep yourself distracted but its possible, like finding a job and working right though the scorching hot day to get it done. I find home full of angst at the moment even though effectively it’s only me and mum living here, this week more than most has been more stressful for mum, which then in some magic way turns into my stress. My brother has been expelled from Thurston now, and mum is just worried sick about what’s happened and what’s going to happen. I realised last night all the shit with my brother has been affecting me after the dream I had about him last night, weird.

I think this is a bit of a strange ramble... but it’s to hot to sleep and as they say, 'It's good to talk'.

Live right now...

No I haven’t totally given up blogging, no I haven’t been on holiday and no I haven’t been in hospital. I have just been damn busy (honestly). I've been on the go pretty much since my last post. The 8th and 9th was this years Thurston Prom and Air Fair which kept me busy Thursday evening Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Monday then saw my first official working day at Thorpe! It was a great week to start with, great kids, and great staff. I really enjoyed myself even if I was up at 7.00 every morning and in bed at 1.00 every night. In between working I have seen Claire occasionally and been doing jobs around the house.Tuesday just gone saw Me, Marc, JJ, Iain and Will heading up to Norwich for the Lost Prophets gig which was immense, even if I did me large parts of it painting the UEA toilets with Bright red, cherry scented vomit! Which would have never happened had I not broken JJ's car (which I didn't break) and got my pizza before the gig. Anyway, the night was brilliant a good laugh as ever with my best mates.
After a strange night at mine after climbing; involving Claire getting wankered while everyone else was still sober and the usual post-climbing games coming to an awkward end, we all headed to Thorpe to meet Tim and Dick to head to Extreme (crossed arm actions!) Adventure for our Staff's 'Team Day' paid for by Suffolk county council. Everything there put our activities at Thorpe to shame. There cows tails course was easily 4 times longer and twice as high, with far more interesting and challenging obstacles. There big swing was just awesome, and the 85ft high leap of faith and thousand foot zip line were non-comparable to our trapeze and zip line. It was a great day out, enjoyed by all, eventually (Well done Dick you took the handbrake off...)

There we go a quick catch up... I'll try and start to write more interesting things in the future...

Coming at you...

I've added a new feature to my blog, a random picture selection from my Flickr account. However it only looks good using Firefox. So until I pull my finger out and correct the problem view my blog with Firefox.

Big waves of light...

Well there have been two random pictures sitting on my blog the past few days so I suppose its about time I explained them. It was my cousins wedding Saturday afternoon so we (we being me, Claire, my mum and brother) headed down to sunny Oxfordshire Saturday morning. Three hours and a several hundred roundabouts later we arrived at the church, already sweating my back side off I we had to wait outside the church in the boiling hot sun. The church was a welcome relief from the heat until it filled up with sweaty old people and screaming kids and was soon as unbearable as the sun outside. In a classic bit of 'school boy' humor the best man had written on the soles of the grooms shoes "Help" which was visible to everyone when he knelt down for the blessing, sending sniggers around the packed church. The reception was just as hot, if not hotter than the church, the heat was just inescapable. It was a really nice wedding and a really good evening. However things perhaps would have been better if the temperature was a few degrees cooler.

We stayed in Brize Norton as the reception didn't end until 11.30. We were home by 2.00 Sunday afternoon and the sun was still shining so me and Claire headed to Walberswick to make the most of it. We just laid on the beach, paddled, walked and talked. We arrived to find the beach packed, absolutely packed but within and hour or two everyone had left (just about).

A very pleasant and chilled out weekend...