Nights

Well after all the excitment of getting out of the Ivory Tower on Friday and spending the day afloat, life has returned to its humdrum boring normality.

Went out with Noel and Meurig on Friday night for a couple of drinks and an Indian (meal... not brave!!). We went to the Nelson and the Torch and within ten minutes I remembered why I don't usually bother going out with them. The conversation was garden sheds.. highly interesting (not). But it was nice to get out of the house. I really am becoming a couch potato and spend all my time sat on the settee with my laptop looking for bloody eggs!!

Saturday I sat on the settee with my laptop and looked for eggs... see I told you! However, I am now ranked 8th in Wales with a grand total of 506 eggs since 1st October. Of course this feat is nothing compared with the queen of the egg hunt (she knows who she is.... just ask her how many she has!).

I had my usual pre-night shift sleep Saturday afternoon followed by a very long, fairly busy night shift. I thought it was going to be really quiet because of the bad weather but it wasnt. I got home at 7am this morning and fell into bed with the intention of sleeping most of the day. This however, was not to be. My darling youngest daughter decided to have a very noisy shower at about 11.30am and woke me up with a mixture of loud music and door slamming. I tried in vain to get back to sleep but it was not good, so I ended up getting up at about 12.30.

I looked for more eggs!

I watched X Factor recorded from the night before (on Sky+... not video tape.. we are more advanced than that thank you Mr. Gogs!)

About 4pm my friend Natalie called in. She is home visiting her family before she goes off to start her new job on Sunday. She has got a job working for a Jewellry store on cruise ships. Her first ship is the CELEBRITY SOLSTICE which she is joining at shipyard in Rotterdam as it is brand spanking new. She then has 4 weeks a the ship yard setting up the shop, 2 weeks sea trials in the Altantic before heading to Miami for the naming ceremony followded by 5 months cruising around the Carribean... nice for some eh? The money is pretty poor (£160 a week) but she gets all her meals and accommodation on the ship. She promised to keep in touch and let me know how she is getting on.

Tonight's watch is really dragging at the moment, I can't believe it is only 1am, it feels like I have been here days. Nevermind there are still lots of eggs out there I am sure.