I apologise for not blogging more this week. The reason I've been so lax is because it was my 23rd birthday. I don't feel 23, though. What does being 23 feel like? I was thinking that I haven't really felt older since about... 18. But having said that, I know I've changed an awful lot. Working at WHSmith for a year and a half has changed me immeasurably. Perhaps it's not noticeable to my friends, but when I went there I was scared of everyone and everything. But now I'm not. Which is a good thing. Plus I've learned how horrible some people are to shop assistants. I think everyone should be forced to work in retail for part of their life!

I'm getting all retrospective here because I only have one week left at work. Then it's off into the unknown again. Ooer.

Anyway, maybe you want to know what I did for my birthday. Well, on Wednesday I received a fantastic array of gifts: a bag of coffee related products (drinks, chocolate and even paper made from coffee beans!) from the lovely book people at work, and a filter coffee machine from my brother John. I was amused that all my presents were coffee related. Maybe it's obvious that I... like coffee. :-D

Oh, and I was given £75, too, which I've spent on a Minidisc player. A Sony MZ-R700, if you care about those sorts of things.

And the card the work peeps gave me was great! It's a Dom Joly Trigger Happy TV sort of card. When you open it it plays the Nokia tune and then says, "Hello! I'm in a Birthday Card. No, it's rubbish. Just lots of words, and paper." (If you've seen THTV you'll get that, otherwise... hard luck! :-p

So, Wednesday I went round someone's house for dinner, and Thursday I think I just lazed around. (Not really an excuse for not blogging, but hey. It's been hot round here again!) Yesterday I did something that was very fun - I was taken down Southend seafront by my workmates Cheryl and Barbara! We had fish and chips (well, Barbara had a breakfast thing) and Rossi icecream. Yummmm.... And all the time we were sitting outside the cafe watching the world go by, gazing at the blue sea. Nice.

I hope this rather lazy attempt at a blog placates the people who actually care about me updating...!

I'll just melt now.

posted by Fiery Fred @ 9:13 PM