Who knows how to parteee?

R'Wood knows how to party!

At the end of year party last year I felt like a spare wheel. GO hadn't been there long and didn't really know many people.  This year he knew a few more, he's still quite an unknown character there.  There is such a big staff that it's hard to get to know everyone.  That vein said this year he greeted and chatted to many people.  I wasn't expecting to go, in fact I was looking forward to an evening on my own, but I am so glad we did.  We were some of the first to arrive and the last to leave.  They had a Tikki Bar, Surf simulators, limbo and a silent disco. Unlike last year I wanted to get involved, I had a little Dutch courage in the form of Swedish cider and had an absolute blast.  

We arranged to go on from the party to the local club to carry on until the wee hours, but due to torrential rain we had to order a taxi and by the time ours arrived I just wanted my bed.  I love a good party but even I can accept defeat.

I hope they appreciate them

I spent most of my evening getting my end of term gifts for adults and children ready.  I'm not flush with cash so I have had for think outside the box a bit.  I made a little pack for the children of a pencil with a rubber and some bubbles with a label that says "you blew me away this year".  First thing GO says is "I hope they appreciate them!"  Truth is they probably won't but it's the thought that counts.

London Baby

It was so nice to visit my old stomping ground.  Yes we always visit London every year at Christmas and during the summer holidays, but we never venture further than zone one. We had left booking our hotel until the last minute, surprise surprise, and were planning on giving AirBNB a try, hipster wannabes that we are.  I had mentioned it at school and the few people who had heard of it weren't overly enthusiastic about it, so I decided to give it a miss this time.  That left us with nowhere to stay, Tall Girl 1, had offered us some space on her floor, just as I was about to take her up on her offer GO had booked a hotel. It was a travelodge (nothing wrong with cheap and cheerful, especially in London) and it was in the Docklands.  Right around the corner from Custom House where I lived when I first moved to London, all those many moons ago.  See, before I was a North Londoner, I was an Eastender.  

We arrived and almost immediately I took charge (what's new there) I got us onto the tube towards Tower Hill (Hello Babs and Rog) we then changed onto the DLR (Docklands Light Railway) towards Bank and settled in for a relatively pain free journey.  Until we arrived at Custom House which was closed, I was convinced that we had gone a stop too far and made GO get off the train and walk around the EXCEL building towards the hotel.  It was after we had gone down the lift that I decided to just check on the phone.  I have tapped the screen a few times and as if by magic the hotel popped up along with our location. We/I were/was going the wrong way, and we hadn't missed our stop we had gotten off the DLR three stops early.  Anyhow we added a nice big total to our Fitbits that day, a theme for the week that had begun on our Saturday walk.  

As we settled into the hotel we decided that while we both knew London really well, especially the North and West sides,  we'd explore more of the East and South East.  We decided to spend our time in the Docklands, Greenwich, and Canary Wharf.  What fun we had,  more on the later.

Summer is nearly here!

This is what summer is all about.  Roll on Friday, five days left.

Yet another countdown

I will be working this summer, supplying in preschools and nurseries and tutoring, but even I am counting down the days till the end of the school year.  

I have decided to have the first week off, I need a break. I will hopefully only work four days a week, as I want to spend sometime with GO.

Roll on the summer I say!