and off we go again…
The rail tickets (and see above), flight bookings, hotel confirmations and various bits and bobs for the next couple of months have today been carefully sorted into envelopes bearing the destination name (again, to anyone who wondered what we did with all the envelopes, see, they do get used!) and it’s been time to gradually start picking up the pace following a comfortable week relaxing at home, the work rate helpfully decided by the callers themselves and mostly via a total lack of attention to detail (the ‘no same day bookings after 12 noon’ again posing logistical problems) and since the earlier part of the week has been necessarily taken up with Other Stuff, I have had a lovely, peaceful and bristly-legged few days of TV, proper cooking and Kindle engrossment prior to the chaos that promises to ensue from Wednesday on!
Or more accurately from Wednesday mid-afternoon, with the earlier part of the day being taken up by a not-too-early start, more Kindle reading on the train and a long overdue investigation of a new(ish) Dim Sum place with Kinky La Rue when I finally arrive back in That London – it’s been ages! One hot topic will be our upcoming New York trip; shopping, eating, nights on the town and sightseeing (for me at least, the Cindy Sherman exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art being top of my list) plans are afoot – I will be organising a special information page here as last year, and the MO will be altogether very much as before. Having not been anywhere on a plane with anybody else in tow since 2007, I am very much looking forward to having a travel buddy, (and particularly one who doesn’t think that the desire to eat cheesecake every day is a sign of poor judgement and lack of imagination) – only five-and-a-bit weeks to go!
All in good time though, and both London and the Channel Islands are looking busy-busy; hopefully some cheer can be dispersed amidst the February gloom and unarguably turn towards the chilly over the last twenty four hours or so! The much vaunted new pictures are having to wait until tomorrow such was the lack of daylight today, and coupled with the impracticality of prancing around the apartment semi-naked bar a few scraps of lacy stuff and half a ton of make up, an executive decision was made to set up everything and then leave it be, have a hot bath and get immediately back into the warm nightie/cardigan combo which serves as casual daywear (‘loungewear’ to those who frequent Marks and Spencer) when reclining at home. No point dirtying clothes, after all…
Photo shoot temporarily postponed, I have instead been organising my long-suffering suitcase into Clothing (Work), Clothing (Civvy), Kit (including condoms – 50 reg, 20 XL, 5 each Whopper/Nipper), Food/Drink (cup a soup, decent tea, Marmite) and Gadget piles – it never fails to surprise how little some callers realise about the organisation required to both live and work out of one medium suitcase for the best part of a fortnight, and having explained to the aural equivalent of a blank look a couple of times today that I do not carry my entire wardrobe around on my back like a snail (and therefore it’s better to request things whilst I and it are both still in the same building) I gave up, shrugged and continued with the usual tried and tested formula. Apart from anything else, neither South London nor Jersey or even Guernsey have been decreed third world nations since my last visit, and an on-site restock is perfectly possible (as I had one bright morning in Belfast the other week with the lovely Ebony Renee when the wet wipes and mouthwash got a bit depleted) and the mini bottle of Surf all-in-one for travel washing pretty much covers the rest.
Needless to say I will not be offering appointments in Scarborough now until Monday 13th February – advance bookings are as welcome as ever and the days of same day appointments when at home are virtually over, not that they are commonplace now. Meanwhile, to London, Jersey and Guernsey, I’m on my way and will see you soon!
More, well, when time allows. Oh, and there’s some new pics in the Gallery to be getting on with – rest (hopefully) in the next few days…
i’m doing them now! (literally)
After an otherwise spectacularly lazy week, as promised (for months – I know, I know) the new pictures are finally well on their way.
I’ve taken some of them tonight and seeing as there’s still no sign of the specially-ordered lingerie I’ve been waiting for since November, it’ll be full steam ahead over the weekend – light levels, camera battery and imagination allowing…
Proper update soon, but here’s a sneak preview in the form of the very first (OK, test) picture of me at thirty nine – yay!
happy birthday to me! (again)
Yay! As ever, we will have the traditional moment of reflection to think kindly of those unfortunate ladies who do not have annual birthdays, some only managing to clock one up once every ten years or more. It’s all terribly sad, in more ways than one.
I am posting before bed but after midnight (so it is technically Birthday) but the official day will not begin for a few hours yet, whereupon I will be heading to the gym early for an extra-long swim, sauna and perusal of Sunday papers before returning home for a mighty breakfast and a nap, as befits my now advanced age (or at least it is if you listen to some). The final year of my thirties is underway!
In the usual blog tradition, my research this year has led me to the discovery that thirty nine is the international dialling code for Italy, the atomic number of yttrium and also Japanese Internet chat slang for ‘thank you’ when written with numbers (3=san 9=kyu). Further information and interesting facts appear to be lacking, but the year (or the upcoming couple of months, certainly) is looking like being an entertaining one and whilst I don’t yet have a panic-written list of Things Other People Think You Should Have Done Before 40 (and be assured that swimming with dolphins is undoubtedly the most overrated experience since overpriced sandwiches with names ending in a vowel were unleashed), there will hopefully be at least a few landmarks along the way!
First and foremost, the final touches have been put to the schedule for the next couple of months – punters of London, Jersey, Guernsey, Belfast, Manhattan and now the Isle of Man and Dublin, take note. I have R&R planned in the form of exciting trips away (Champneys, four day horror film festival) and rest breaks at home (settee, quilt, fishes, DVDs) and this week has brought plenty of opportunities for relaxation over afternoon tea and some fancy-knickers lemon meringue (inexplicably presented on a bit of slate) and the following day a very good quatro stagioni birthday pizza (which I did not have to pay for, so even better) as well as managing to get my hands on tickets to see Dara O’Briain in May (and decent seats too), and a new cashmere cardigan from the 70% off final reductions (I know, but I haven’t got one in this colour).
For now, hungry fishes and bed are beckoning. Less immediately London (hopefully sans Daleks) is filling up fast – Friday 3rd especially. Partly due to this (but mostly due to the fact that travelling in England in the late afternoon on a Friday is a pain in the arse at best, and excruciating the rest of the time) I have added another day – please note that I will be staying in Waterloo once again on Friday 10th February and should be around from mid-afternoon until lunchtime on the Saturday, and in a spanking new place too! Anybody who can’t make it the first week, please do get in touch for details (spanking is not obligatory of course, but welcome all the same).
More soon! And any interesting suggestions to help me compile the Things To Do [...] list will be graciously received (on the surface, at least).
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