August Bank Holiday is now officially over. The Reading and Leeds festival goers are heading home caked in mud, piss and god knows what else and the cooling towers just off the M1 near Sheffield are no longer.
What did I do? Not much...
I got £100 exchanged to Euros to put a bit of spending money aside for my trip to Dublin in September. The plan was to go to Beer Festival this weekend, however, we just opted for the pub. This was the cheaper option, and meant we did not have to share a giant white tent with smelly men. From what I remember of last years Annual CAMRA beer festival tent - the one in Peterborough has a distinctive aroma of....well beer, mixed with the stench of a boys school gym changing room. Mmm delish! Not sure if that can be said for all other similar events across the country.
On Sunday I went to Whipsnade Zoo. It was a bit of a last minute decision, and took much longer to get there than anticipated due to an accident (or just bank holiday traffic) on the A421 just past Bedford. Still, we got there in the end, and it turned out to be a really nice, warm and sunny afternoon.
We saw ringtailed lemurs, giraffes (mummy, daddy and baby)...a couple of Hippos, the penguins being fed, zebras, lions (from a distance) and a siberian tiger from an even greater distance, a few cheetahs but to top it off, the best thing happened. My mate and I popped into a vending machine hut, to pick up a seriously overpriced bottle of fanta and a white chocolate magnum, and when we got out saw...5 elephants tail to trunk pounding up the road towards us! They strolled past, 3 adults and two babies! It was the most amazing thing of the whole weekend, being that close to those giant, magnificent creatures.
Today I did a bit of shopping and went looking at dresses to wear to a wedding next weekend. Tried on the most gorgeous in Monsoon today, but decided I just couldn't justify £180 for it, considering I have to save the pennies to go to Dublin. So instead, I splashed out on a few sexy pairs of black, lace trimmed 'brazillian' style panties, 2 continental chocolates from Thorntons (total cost of 65 pence!!) and a couple of CD's: Namely 'Noah and the Whale', and Oasis greatest hits.
Back to work tomorrow. Only a 4 day week so I can't complain too much. Nor can I complain that I have a 4 day week the following week! It's Luke's last day on Friday before he shoots off to University. I had the funniest lunch time last week. Went to lunch with Penny and Luke - I swear that woman should embark in a career as a stand up comic because her timing and wit is just brilliant.
They were bitching about one of the team leaders in the office - and Luke had been spending his time monitoring how many times this particular team leader had spent getting up out of her chair to harrass other people. Between the hours of 10am and 11am were her most productive, with a total of 11 times in the hour...over the whole day it was 41 times...and he gave up counting at 5pm! Some suggestions were flung around...
Lucy: Maybe she suffers from...oh what's it called?
Penny: Piles?!
**lots of laughter**
Penny: Because she does look like she's sat scratching around on her seat...
Luke: Yea she does...
Lucy: No, I wasn't thinking of piles...the one where you've got to get up and walk around a bit- DVT!
Luke: Still think piles is a better guess!
So we opted for that. Now, as it's his last day and as he had served under said team leader's instruction, we thought it'd be rude of him to go without leaving some kind of a thank you present. Yes, you may have guessed it: The plan is to leave a tube of hemorrhoid cream on her desk, and all credit must go to Penny who came up with the note to attach:
"Because you were the pain in MY arse!"
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