Where did all the Lepracorns go??

Hello All,

Well, I know it has been a while since I last Blogged but SO much has happened since I got back from Ireland….. where to begin where to begin. Okay so as you know my darling sister Charlotte was taken to hospital and although she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes she was more ill than I thought. She was in hospital for nearly a week as her white blood cell count was extremely low so she was kept in an isolation room so she wouldn’t get any sicker. THEN she finds out that her glucose levels were so high that she was at risk of going blind….not a very nice week and now I can honestly say I know how people feel when they say they are helpless in those kinds of situations. Anyhow all is good with her now and she is back at work adjusting to her new lifestyle. She is so incredibly thin though and looked so sick when I first got there.

Okay so now to what I have been up to. So I spent nearly 2 weeks in Dublin and although I adore my sister more than life itself, it dead-set nearly killed me. A tip for anyone wanting to spend some time in the beautiful country that is Ireland – DO NOT spend more than 2 days in Dublin or you will slowly go insane. It is a nice city but not really that pretty and people spit everywhere! I couldn’t believe it. Walking along the street with my suitcase, after a 2 hour ferry trip and too many hours on a train wooshka – some random guy hocks a flem ball and spits it at my feet!!! Are you freakin kidding me?? I seriously had a picture of green hills and dancing lepracorns and all I got was a city with spitting non-potential Mr Darcy’s (yes people I am willing to cross the seas to find sir Darcy but NOT in Dublin) Anyhow, by this stage of the journey I was just about to either commit my first felony or burst into tears – thankfully for the Irish public it was the latter.

Mum arrived a week after I got there and it was so good to see her. The first thing she said when she got off the plane was “I miss China!” which coincidentally was what I said about London when I arrived at the hospital, poor Charlotte nobody likes her city. So we hung around Dublin for nearly another week until Charlotte was okay to go back to work and then it was back home!!! I nearly cried when I got back to London I was that excited - and then it was onto sightseeing phase with Mum.

I loved every second of my time with Mum, we did so much and needless to say it was harder than ever to say goodbye to her. She left last Thursday and caught the Bus near our place to take her to Heathrow. We sat at the Bus stop and when her bus came we cried and kissed each other goodbye, she boarded the bus with her bags and then turned around and got back off again – it was the wrong bus. SO we sat there in the cold for another 20 minutes and went through the whole motion of balling, hugging, crying etc again.

So after Mum left I went into the city with Sheridan to line up for Parkinson!!! That’s right, I GOT PARKINSON TICKETS!! For those of you who do not know, Michael Parkinson is the love of my life and seeing him live has been a goal of mine since I was about 16 years old. The only problem is, the tickets you get are free so you have to line up about 4 hours before the show begins to get a seat. Cut to Sheridan and I joining a very small queue at 3pm in the cold and getting into the studios ahead of a very large queue at 6pm for taping. We had coffee and cake whilst we waited but because we couldn’t get to a bathroom, by the time I got into my seat (which was 2nd row by the way) I was so busting to go to the loo I had to focus on not clapping or laughing too hard it was awful!! I had this beautiful top on (just in case Parki looked up and saw the love of his life in the crowd) but I had to cover it with my jacket as I was so bloated! Anyhow, it was a great show and I had the best time and I am more in love with Parki than ever.

So that is my update for now. Not that entertaining but hey, even I have to have some dull moments. Oh yes, I am in a new job! I left my last one thank god as I am SO happy now! I am working as an EA for a company called Accenture and I am having the time of my life….well not really as it is work but I do enjoy waking up in the morning and coming in which is a huge relief and the people are so lovely! Almost like working at home but still not as much fun working with as Bel :) The only downside is that since leaving the world of publishing I now have writers block and feel much less creative – as can be demonstrated from this suffering blog. That however is out-weighed by the bonus of getting to walk across the London Bridge every morning and night to get to work. I LOVE looking at the Tower Bridge especially at sunset – so beautiful. I will try and take a photo that will do it justice and post it later on in the week. Will have some pics to add tomorrow – our internet is stuffing up at the moment so I am posting this from work.

Now to all who read my Blog – Post something! Email me!! Love me!! I am feeling rather needy today as you can tell.
Will post again soon with more pics. Lots of London Love, flick xoxoxo