I can honestly say I have been single for a while now, don't get me wrong there have been boys just not long term ones. It appears I have developed the ability to be attracted to the ones who come with a warning notice which generally reads "Its not you its me, I'm just not looking for a relationship". I should make it clear I don't go looking for these ones they some how find me, lead me on for a couple of weeks then break out the immortal saying "I think we need to talk".
Now don't get me wrong I am not saying that being single is a bad thing, I have a lot of amazing things in my life right now. I have recently moved house into an amazing apartment, I have an amazing job which may be offering the prospect of promotion, I have amazing friends and a totally amazing family. There is nothing in my life that I have to complain about. I am not looking for love, a relationship or even the no strings attached but should the opportunity present itself I would not be running in the wrong direction from the right guy. I am assured by friends and Hollywood that he is out there, it seems to me that he is either hiding or he just hasn't realised he is looking for me!
So imagine my joy and possibly even delight when after returning home last Friday night after a fab evening with Miss Emily Green and her wonderful family and friends I discover a brief private facebook message from a boy!! Now this message certainly wasn't a long love note or even the proposition of a date it was one word but it made me smile. As I was under the influence I decided, as I am sure every girl would, to reply in just as much a cheeky manner. I then preceded to turn my phone to silent and hit the hay thinking no more about it.
Saturday morning arrived and on awaking suddenly remembered the message from the previous night. I grabbed my phone with mild anticipation and wariness to find there was a reply. How I refrained from whooping I will never know, but I did. Again the message was brief but the message was there none the less. A reply was sent from me and I went about my business of arranging breakfast, no mean feat with a hangover on the go. To cut what could be a rather long and predictable story short these messages continued for the morning and into the afternoon.
Then they stopped..............I had by this time thought, wow maybe out of the blue and totally unexpectedly this boy likes me, is interested may even ask me out. I will admit the following thoughts had by this point crossed my mind:
1) He messaged me after the gig
2) He would have had to look me up
3) That would mean he was thinking of me after the gig
4) He replied to my message on Saturday
Typical girly thoughts which if I am honest I am not a fan of, but as it is not often a boy goes out of their way to contact me it was kind of inevitable it would happen.
Well after about 2pm (I think) on Saturday there was no further communication all weekend, or Monday or Tuesday. So against my usual philosophy on Wednesday I sent him a quick but again brief private message on Fb, on the basis that if he didn't reply I could put the whole thing behind me. To my shock and surprise 5 mins later I got a reply, there were a few exchanged back and forth until I felt bad that he was only replying because he didn't want to be rude (he seems to be a genuinely nice guy you see) so I said good night.
Needless to say I have not heard from him again and I really don't want to push it. My general theory to all this (and I am no expert I can assure you) is just play it cool, there is no point crying or nagging or worse both it will never get you what you want. This may be the wrong approach, not going after your goals is a sure way to watch them slip away unattained, but why put him off before he even gets a chance to know you.
So over this weekend I have been giving it some thought and have come to this conclusion, Hollywood is right!! If he isn't contacting you, HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU!!
Which means I am back to the drawing board and putting all of this behind me once again and going back to being single and not thinking about boys. But just so we are clear I am not without love in my life, as previously stated I have amazing family and friends by my side every day!!
So I say:
Dance like no one is watching
Laugh at least once everyday
Love like there is no tomorrow
And Live life to the full as you never know what is waiting round that next corner (in my case it may even be a boy!!
xoxo
Saturday, 19 February 2011
Tuesday, 15 February 2011
The Cupboard into Narnia.....
Following on from my rant about Letting Agents and their total inability to do anything productive and helpful I set about on my mission to locate the gas metre in my flat which I believed to be in the cupboard under the stairs.
Well, I entered said cupboard, navigated my way over the Dyson Vacuum Cleaner, around the step ladder, past the set of drums (hardly used but cannot be discarded) over the suitcases and empty boxes, possibly required for certain appliances on the basis they may break, to the back of the cupboard where I know the electricity metre resides. After all that effort and climbing I had to stop for a breather and luckily had remembered to bring supplies in case such a situation should occur. Once the supplies were consumed and energy levels restored I started to try and locate my gas metre. Imagine my dismay and horror when I found the gas metre does not seem to live in the cupboard under the stairs with the fuse box and the electricity metre. After standing there for about 5 minutes moving the same three boxes out of the way over and over again just to be sure, I stopped Mr Tumnus on his way back to Narnia to enquire if he had seen it on his travels, apparently he does not recall there ever being one in there so I am back to square one with this hunt. If I can't find it I may have to resort to accosting a neighbour in the hall way to see if they have any more information. I will of course keep up the efforts to locate the metre but my focus has been removed from this and the paying of bills to the panic that I may have mislaid me Peter Kay tickets (Emily if you read this don't panic yet, I am almost sure I know where they are) I have a feeling they may be in one of the drawers under my bed if not then the next step is to go back to the old house and check there. Fingers Crossed, as I really don't want to have to pay out more money for tickets I already have.
On Friday night I went out with the lovely Miss Emily Green, her ever extending family and friends to a charity band night at the Rifle Club in Portsmouth. I can say that I had a brilliant time, consumed plenty of alcohol and laughed loads. I always seem to have such a good time when I am out with them all. I think I was well behaved, I don't remember doing anything to disgrace or embarrass myself which has got to be a first for me!! I did very much enjoy chatting with the boys, its not very often I get the chance to do a bit of harmless flirting so I tend to make up for it when I do!! haha! Who knows one day it might actually lead to something but right now I am not going to hold my breath!! haha!!
I am off to Fat Club tonight, I am not 100% convinced there will be a big loss this week but I am feeling slightly slimmer if that is possible so you never know.
Until next time xoxo
Well, I entered said cupboard, navigated my way over the Dyson Vacuum Cleaner, around the step ladder, past the set of drums (hardly used but cannot be discarded) over the suitcases and empty boxes, possibly required for certain appliances on the basis they may break, to the back of the cupboard where I know the electricity metre resides. After all that effort and climbing I had to stop for a breather and luckily had remembered to bring supplies in case such a situation should occur. Once the supplies were consumed and energy levels restored I started to try and locate my gas metre. Imagine my dismay and horror when I found the gas metre does not seem to live in the cupboard under the stairs with the fuse box and the electricity metre. After standing there for about 5 minutes moving the same three boxes out of the way over and over again just to be sure, I stopped Mr Tumnus on his way back to Narnia to enquire if he had seen it on his travels, apparently he does not recall there ever being one in there so I am back to square one with this hunt. If I can't find it I may have to resort to accosting a neighbour in the hall way to see if they have any more information. I will of course keep up the efforts to locate the metre but my focus has been removed from this and the paying of bills to the panic that I may have mislaid me Peter Kay tickets (Emily if you read this don't panic yet, I am almost sure I know where they are) I have a feeling they may be in one of the drawers under my bed if not then the next step is to go back to the old house and check there. Fingers Crossed, as I really don't want to have to pay out more money for tickets I already have.
On Friday night I went out with the lovely Miss Emily Green, her ever extending family and friends to a charity band night at the Rifle Club in Portsmouth. I can say that I had a brilliant time, consumed plenty of alcohol and laughed loads. I always seem to have such a good time when I am out with them all. I think I was well behaved, I don't remember doing anything to disgrace or embarrass myself which has got to be a first for me!! I did very much enjoy chatting with the boys, its not very often I get the chance to do a bit of harmless flirting so I tend to make up for it when I do!! haha! Who knows one day it might actually lead to something but right now I am not going to hold my breath!! haha!!
I am off to Fat Club tonight, I am not 100% convinced there will be a big loss this week but I am feeling slightly slimmer if that is possible so you never know.
Until next time xoxo
Friday, 11 February 2011
Letting Agents Suck!!
When I signed my tenancy agreement with Leaders I was told that as my property was a managed property they would sort out the transfer of the utilities such as Council Tax, Water, Gas and Electricity.
Well earlier this week I received a Council Tax Bill from Gosport Council. Alarm bells started to ring when I noticed that it was addressed to Mr and Mrs Evans. Now I am pretty sure that I am not married to my brother so that clearly needed to be changed. It also stated that there was no Direct Debit set up for us. I ask myself what was the point of completing the form with my bank details if they aren't even going to bother passing them on.
I proceeded to ring the council and spoke to a very lovely lady who kindly changed me to Miss on their system and advised me that the third party (leaders) who supplied our details only gave them or Surname and the address of the property. Not at all helpful!!
So I completed a new DDM and mum has taken it down the town hall. Imagine my surprise when a letter arrived from Leaders last night advising me of who my utility companies are. This information on the whole would be quite useful if it wasn't for the fact it totally contradicted what I was told back at the beginning. Leaders had advised they recommend their tenants keep their Gas and Electricity with Southern Electric. Well my letter advised me that my electricity supplier is Eon and my gas supplier is Unknown.......helpful I don't think so.
They did however supply me with a number to ring to establish who the gas supplier is, I called them and was told this information is not stored on the National Grid as it is a private supplier, I can obtain this information from the Gas Meter. This means at the weekend I get to crawl around in the cupboard under the stairs to find out and then call them.
Back to the letter from Leaders, they did state that IF they have requested the services be changed to Southern Electric then we will receive a welcome pack in the next 6-8 weeks however IF they haven't then we will be billed from the current supplier in the usual way. This raises yet more questions:
1) How do I know what the usual way is? I've only just moved in
2) How do I know if they have actually requested the change?
3) Have they even bothered to set up a direct debit for my payments?
This means that yet more of my time is going to be taken up trying to answer these questions, so it looks like I will be taking a trip to leaders tomorrow to find out what the hell is going on.
The moral of the story is, if you ever rent a managed property through an agent and they offer to sort out the utilities for you, tell them politely not to bother it will be quicker to do it yourself!!!
xoxo
Well earlier this week I received a Council Tax Bill from Gosport Council. Alarm bells started to ring when I noticed that it was addressed to Mr and Mrs Evans. Now I am pretty sure that I am not married to my brother so that clearly needed to be changed. It also stated that there was no Direct Debit set up for us. I ask myself what was the point of completing the form with my bank details if they aren't even going to bother passing them on.
I proceeded to ring the council and spoke to a very lovely lady who kindly changed me to Miss on their system and advised me that the third party (leaders) who supplied our details only gave them or Surname and the address of the property. Not at all helpful!!
So I completed a new DDM and mum has taken it down the town hall. Imagine my surprise when a letter arrived from Leaders last night advising me of who my utility companies are. This information on the whole would be quite useful if it wasn't for the fact it totally contradicted what I was told back at the beginning. Leaders had advised they recommend their tenants keep their Gas and Electricity with Southern Electric. Well my letter advised me that my electricity supplier is Eon and my gas supplier is Unknown.......helpful I don't think so.
They did however supply me with a number to ring to establish who the gas supplier is, I called them and was told this information is not stored on the National Grid as it is a private supplier, I can obtain this information from the Gas Meter. This means at the weekend I get to crawl around in the cupboard under the stairs to find out and then call them.
Back to the letter from Leaders, they did state that IF they have requested the services be changed to Southern Electric then we will receive a welcome pack in the next 6-8 weeks however IF they haven't then we will be billed from the current supplier in the usual way. This raises yet more questions:
1) How do I know what the usual way is? I've only just moved in
2) How do I know if they have actually requested the change?
3) Have they even bothered to set up a direct debit for my payments?
This means that yet more of my time is going to be taken up trying to answer these questions, so it looks like I will be taking a trip to leaders tomorrow to find out what the hell is going on.
The moral of the story is, if you ever rent a managed property through an agent and they offer to sort out the utilities for you, tell them politely not to bother it will be quicker to do it yourself!!!
xoxo
Thursday, 10 February 2011
Some people need a smack in the face
Oh My Good!! What a hell of a morning!!
The traffic this morning was pretty rubbish so getting to work wasnt fun, topped off by the fact that I could bearly keep my eyes open. I can safely say it is not fun almost falling asleep while driving, it is not an experience I wish to repeat. Thankfully no accidents were caused and I kept a safe distance from the car in front of me but even so!
Got to work eventually, alive, and had a nice quiet first hour. No calls to annoy me so I had time to catch up on some outstanding bits and pieces. The Trudy arrived. I am not going to list all the things I cannot stand about here as there is only 10 mins left of my lunch break and I just wont have enough time. The main things today that are really grating is that everytime I ask her to do something she huffs and insists on making everything into a massive drama. I could understand if the issues were massive but its not its just general everyday things. She has been doing this job for this company for over a year yet she still asks me questions she clearly knows the answer to so when I tell her I am unsure she goes and answers her own question. If you know the fricking answer dont ask the fricking question and piss me off.
I am generally not a people person, but lately I have been getting so much better at tolerating people. She however pushes me to the limit everyday, even trying to ignore her doesnt work as she is like a dog with a fucking bone, and a yappy little one at that!! Anyway rant over and here is hoping that today gets better.
On a fat club update, 1.5lb was lost on Tuesday so back on track as it were. I have been good bringing in decent lunches to work and also cooking healthy dinners so fingers crossed it continues.
I am off out with Green and the gang tomorrow night so very much looking forward to it I should imagine lots of alcohol will be consumed!! Good Times!!
xoxo
The traffic this morning was pretty rubbish so getting to work wasnt fun, topped off by the fact that I could bearly keep my eyes open. I can safely say it is not fun almost falling asleep while driving, it is not an experience I wish to repeat. Thankfully no accidents were caused and I kept a safe distance from the car in front of me but even so!
Got to work eventually, alive, and had a nice quiet first hour. No calls to annoy me so I had time to catch up on some outstanding bits and pieces. The Trudy arrived. I am not going to list all the things I cannot stand about here as there is only 10 mins left of my lunch break and I just wont have enough time. The main things today that are really grating is that everytime I ask her to do something she huffs and insists on making everything into a massive drama. I could understand if the issues were massive but its not its just general everyday things. She has been doing this job for this company for over a year yet she still asks me questions she clearly knows the answer to so when I tell her I am unsure she goes and answers her own question. If you know the fricking answer dont ask the fricking question and piss me off.
I am generally not a people person, but lately I have been getting so much better at tolerating people. She however pushes me to the limit everyday, even trying to ignore her doesnt work as she is like a dog with a fucking bone, and a yappy little one at that!! Anyway rant over and here is hoping that today gets better.
On a fat club update, 1.5lb was lost on Tuesday so back on track as it were. I have been good bringing in decent lunches to work and also cooking healthy dinners so fingers crossed it continues.
I am off out with Green and the gang tomorrow night so very much looking forward to it I should imagine lots of alcohol will be consumed!! Good Times!!
xoxo
Friday, 4 February 2011
Fat Club Update!
I went to Fat Club on Tuesday not feeling overly confident, I was fully aware that my previous loss of 4lb was a total fluke mainly down to the fact that I went to a morning group and didn't eat anything before going, so was not expecting this week to be very productive. I was right, straight back to square one, do not pass go, do not collect £200. Bad times.
I feel this slight backward step is down to the stress of moving and the fact that until the middle of the week we didn't really have a great deal of food in the house. A change of routine always takes some getting used to but I have to start behaving again and damn quick.
I am out with Emily Green and her family on Friday night so need to make sure I am sticking with the healthy between now and then. I don't expect to lose a lot but I need to get a couple of pounds off at least so I look good in my dress. Fingers crossed!!
The new house is going well, although last night was not so fun. The damn wind kept making my window bang and I kept waking up with a start thinking someone was breaking in or something! Talk about paranoid.
The Rugby 6 Nations starts tonight with England playing Wales in Cardiff so my evening is planned! A nice healthy chilli or salad in front of the TV shouting at England!! Good Times.
On Saturday I will be heading back to the old house to collect some more things that weren't overly important during the move next weekend and then on Sunday I will mostly be chilling out although I think I am going to have to pop to Asda at some point.
All in all, things are still going well!
xoxo
I feel this slight backward step is down to the stress of moving and the fact that until the middle of the week we didn't really have a great deal of food in the house. A change of routine always takes some getting used to but I have to start behaving again and damn quick.
I am out with Emily Green and her family on Friday night so need to make sure I am sticking with the healthy between now and then. I don't expect to lose a lot but I need to get a couple of pounds off at least so I look good in my dress. Fingers crossed!!
The new house is going well, although last night was not so fun. The damn wind kept making my window bang and I kept waking up with a start thinking someone was breaking in or something! Talk about paranoid.
The Rugby 6 Nations starts tonight with England playing Wales in Cardiff so my evening is planned! A nice healthy chilli or salad in front of the TV shouting at England!! Good Times.
On Saturday I will be heading back to the old house to collect some more things that weren't overly important during the move next weekend and then on Sunday I will mostly be chilling out although I think I am going to have to pop to Asda at some point.
All in all, things are still going well!
xoxo
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