The girly get-together

Last night we had a little dinner party where we had the following:

X 1 very drunk guest who passed out promptly after dinner and proceeded to sleep for 12 hours
X2 very opinionated guests who shouted at the drunken guest and talked over each other
X1 very poorly wheezing asthmatic but diplomatic guest with rosy cheeks
X1 slightly perplexed but very sleek and skinny guest

‘Guest’ is somewhat of a misnomer as 3 of the guests were in fact inmates. And the drunk guest was in fact drunk from the second she staggered in the front door with a man in tow (girly dinner party no-no). The man was soon despatched and we got down to the serious business of gobbling chinese and slurping wine.

I have to say that if any man had been a fly on the wall last night, or worst still had the misfortune to be a guest they would have been shocked to their very core. 5 normally fairly well behaved ladies when thrown together to discuss a contentious topic quickly became a shrieking, voice raised, me-me-me-ish cacophony each trying to get their VERY important point heard first. And of course there were no shortage of extremely well thought through opinions, it’s just that they were delivered somewhat haphazardly.

At one point Lindsey pleaded with us:

“Please can we all try and speak one at a time?”

Tricky. We did try, but of course it wasn’t possible and within seconds we were all screeching again with Lindsey resting her head in her hands.

And even when the victim of our well rounded advice finally passed out (or at least feigned passing out to escape) we turned our attentions to other important topics such as a health concern of one of the boyfriends- we helpfully diagnosed a likely inner eat infection and suggested treatment of a simple course of anti-biotics, a ‘how to’ guide for some of the most gruesome bedroom antics helpfully provided by Samantha which almost provoked a scene from ‘In bed with Madonna’ and also an in-depth examination of the nations sexual habits (based purely upon ours so extremely well rounded).

We were like a pack of Tasmanian devils, whizzing and whirling at dizzying speed between topics polishing them off and then swiftly onwards towards our next prey. When I went to bed I was utterly exhausted. We all need at least a fortnight to recover before another similar event, if nothing else but to hone the skills Sam taught us.

Gavin- you deviant.

Laughed out loud!

I love it when something makes you laugh out loud at work. When this happens to me, it tends to actually be more of a 'snort' or a 'shriek'. The picture of the duck playing a piano from my post yesterday achieved a snort of sorts just moments ago. and everyone looks at you as if to say,

"Well you're clearly not doing ANY work"

And you feel slightly smug that you have friends that are soo amazing, they can make you snort from afar...and even smugger that you are clearly flouting all of your work responsibilities.

Yesterday I booked tickets to go to the Isle of Wight festival (8th, 9th, 10th, June). The line up looks pretty good, but then I do love my Snow Patrol. I can practically sense Jonathan and Dan shuddering and breaking out into a cold sweat. BUT, there are rumours of the Stones putting in an appearance this year, so surely that must be worth the £125. Anyone from Brighton fancy coming and slumming it for a few days?

Awww, come on! I'm not hardcore enough to do Glastonbury, and last year washing with baby wipes in 30 degrees was pushing my limits...but it is fun to be earthy for a couple of days and not worry about wearing make-up (apart from the obligatory eye liner, lip gloss, bronzer and eyebrow pencil of course....lets not be too silly!).

Can I just say that today is the official 'Ange-Fest' day, yes, it's Anita's birthday. I'm sure you all know anyway, but of course, texts with messages of love, good wishes, and happy returns wouldn't go a miss. I've done mine so can sleep easy tonight. I also bought her some GREAT soft porn to read in-between working so I'm maxed out on brownie points. Happy 30th Anita!