Picnics, Lakes and an Army of Ducks!

Well well time for the weekly update (i'm sure you've all been anxiously waiting for!).

So last Monday was a good day at work because Derek Burton and his PA Janet Brown were coming to speak to us all individually. Last time it was only Derek that came in and he spoke to us as a group, but this time it was to get to us a little bit better!

They arrived in the afternoon and after providing them with drinks, they spoke to Dave and Peter for 30mins before sending us in one at a time. I was to go first (as i was just outside the door!) and it was supposed to be an 'informal' chat but yet i got the impression that it was an interview, the way they sat there and the way they asked me questions to be honest i felt a little uncomfortable. They asked me about what i did before i came to PD Architects and how i would like to progress in the future. They asked about what i do for PD Architects etc etc. I was in there for over half an hour talking and chatting away.

They seemed very friendly and they listened to all that i had to ask and say. After i had got of my meeting/interview i was elected to call everyone else down one by one!

The day went flying by but i was glad as i wanted to go home and tell Kieron what had happened (he loves gossip even if he doesn't admit it!).

Tuesday again was a good, relaxing day. I didn't do much apart from sort some stuff out upstairs for the lads. That evening me and dad were going for a meal for dad's birthday,which was the Sunday before. He picked me up just gone 7.30pm and we decided where to go.

We went to a lovely little country pub called the Fleur De Lys in Lapworth, i have been there once before and remembered how lovely it was and i wasn't let down this time. The food is really nice and not too expensive either. Dad decided to have the chicken pie and i had lamb cutlets with mash and gravy it was delicious! We had a couple of drinks before heading off home.

Wednesday i had the day off from work as British Gas were coming round to replace our electric meter, but they had advised me that an enginner would call between 12pm and 5pm so it meant i had to stay in all day! I had a shower in the morning and tidied the place up a little and then sat and started to burn some cd's for Rosey. I was getting very bored and felt very lonely so i texted Rosey and invited her round.

She got to mine for just gone 11am, we sat and had a chat (whilst Faye was trying to get Rosey's attention by jumping up at her from the back of the sofa!). We watched the tv for abit and had a baco sarnie before deciding that we would start a F.R.I.E.N.D.S marathon, and just as i got by box set out the British Gas man arrived!!!

I told him what was happening and had a look and then he started to change to meter. He was only there for half an hour (thank god) before he packed up his tools and went. I phoned Kieron to tell him British Gas had been and gone.

Me and Rosey then decided we felt a bit peckish, so we went down to Sainsbury's and bought two little apple pies and some custard and then went back to mine. Rosey set up the dvd player whilst i was heating the pies and custard.

We got through half of series 1 on F.R.I.E.N.D.S before Rosey had to go home. I tidied up a little bit more round the flat and then continued to watch F.R.I.E.N.D.S. for most of the evening

Thursday was a boring day at work, again there wasn't much to do apart from there was loads of post at the end of the day! Thursday evening was spent watching tv mainly catching up with Eastenders!

Friday went really quick at work, i had alot of small, little jobs to do which seemed to take up the entire day. I walked into town to get a couple of games for Kieron which he has been waiting ages for and i also decided to buy myslef a new pair of sunglasses. The ones i bought last year were quite sporty and i took them skiing with me, but when i got them home one of the arms broke off! So it was time for another pair, i went into Dorothy Perkins and tried some on and then i found them and also at a bargain price of £7!

Friday evening Kieron spent the night playing his new games and i watched tv/F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

Saturday i got up and had a shower and tidied the flat up a bit beofre going to my mums as usual. Nan had abought a gateux for us to ahve with our afternoon wine! Gareth had returned from his holiday in Turkey, he was very tanned (git!) and he was showing us his pictures and vids - seemed like they had fun!

I left just before 5pm as me and Kieron were going out for Steve's birthday. We met up with Steve and Natalie at the Cotteridge Village Inn just gone 6pm we had a couple of drinks there before going over to the Three Horse Shoes in Stirchley to meet up with Steve's brother Andy and his girlfriend Becky.

We got there for 7.30pm and sat outside in the beer garden. Andy and Becky got there dead on 8pm but they also had a group of people with them. Andy had invited his band mates and girlfriends along! We had no idea who they were and they didn't even speak to us for the entire evening (miserable sods!)

We went to an Indian Restaurant just down the road called Bengal Chaa, which we had been to before. The evening went ok, me, Kieron, Steve and Natalie were left talking amongst, a little bit uncomfortable but we got through the evening.

After the meal the four of us decided to head back to the flat, we sat around talking and laughing (about what i can't remember but at one point Kieron was crying with laughter!!).

It was getting late so Steve and Natalie got a taxi home.

Sunday was a relaxing day, me and Kieron both felt a little queezy after the indian the night before. We sat in the living room watching tv before going to Sainsbury's to get the shopping done. It was quite quiet in Sainsbury's which was surprising but it also meant that we got the shopping done faster.

When we got home we started cooking a Sunday lunch. My nan had bought us a shoulder joint of lamb so we had that with the usual stuff - it was delicious!

Later that evening i went down to nans for tea, we watched tv but i was very bored and still not feeling that good!

I went home and sat with Kieron for abit before going to bed!

Monday (yesterday!) the last Bank Holiday this year!! Me, Emily, Jim and Rosey we going out for the day. We decided we would take a picnic and go to Shustoke Reservoir, near Coleshill.

I got over to Rosey's for 11am and we headed over to Emily's. As we were going past Solihull Ice Rink, Emily texted Rosey to say that they wouldn't be able to make the time of 11.30 and would see us at 12pm!!! So we continued on our way over to Emily's and decided to go down to the lake just down the road from Emily's house. We got there for 11.20 and walked down the side of the lake. We watched the ducks and geese and then found the Swans. We sat and watched them for a bit but were getting abit cold so headed back towards to the car.

We also decided to ring Emily to see how far away they were, unfortunatley they were still running late and said they would back at home around 12.30!

We got back to the car and listened to some music, as we sat there we suddenly noticed a bunch of pigeons walking towarsds us, followed by geese and seagulls. It felt like we were under attack!

It wasn't long before Emily and Jim met us at the lake, so we quickly nipped back to Emily's to drop my car off, jumped into Jim's car and then we headed over to Asda to pick up the food! Well that was an adventure in itsself as Jim kept throwing random items into the trolley, it was really funny (although i don't Emily was too impressed!). We soon at the self checkout and away we were.

We got to Shustoke Reservoir and found a picnic table, it was a really nice picnic, we had bought a fresh cooked chicken from Asda so we had that, with cheese topped baps, salad, crisps and then we had chocloate chip cookies, muffins and mini chocolate topped doughnuts which we saved for later. We also had a bottle of Rosé wine and lemonade to make spritzers as well!

We let our food go down and then decided to walk around the reservoir. It's very pretty with the boats and swans, which we watched for awhile before going back to the car. We decided it was getting a little bit chilly so we sat in the car with our spritzers and goodies! We stayed for about 30mins and then headed off home!

We got to Emily's for about 5.30pm, we collected our things and me and Rosey left. I dropped Rosey home and then got back myself for about 6.30pm.

For the rest of the evening i watched Kieron play his xbox before watching tv and then going to bed!

And i think that is it for this weeks blog, so until next time 'taraa-a-bit'