10 whole days off !!!!!!

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Date: 26 May 2004 01:38:34

I finished work on thursday after a horrible shift. By 6pm though i was happy as i new it was then the start of 10 days off. hoorah.

Friday- JT arrived in the morning as we were off to the Ideal home show. It was fantastic. There was a DIY section, a household section and a food and drink section. The DIY bit was brilliant. It was like a live version of QVC and any tv advert that you see trying to sell you something.
We only noticed one food stall and the rest was furnature etc. Someone then pointed out that there was another building full of stuff. When we arrived in that one, we discovered a room full of various textiles and beyond that a whole market of wonderful foods and drinks. We decided to try all the free stuff and i managed to try out a vast number of different alcoholic beverages. I ended up buying some rather lovely bottles of drink.
A bottle of cherry gin, a bottle of sloe gin, a bottle of red wine, a bottle of something like baileys and another baileys style drink which also had prailines in it.
In the evening i had some folks off ship of fools arrive as i had organised a artists weekend and some needed to stay over the night before.

Saturday- We were all meeting at the hotel i had booked for us all to stay in. Then we headed for the Arboretum. Before we left i gave the non artists a colouring book and jumbo crayons so they could also produce a work of art hee hee. It was about lunch time by the time we got to the park, so 21 of us all tucked in to the bring and share picnic. It was so lovely just chatting and eating. The weather was also lovely and we had a great time. By about 2pm some folks went to the pub to watch the football and the rest of us started painting, drawing etc. I ended up doing a charcole drawing of a tree and it turned out really well and was very pleased with it. At about 6pm we headed back to the hotel to get ready for tea and after tea we had drinks in the bar and played cherades and other silly games. The following morning we went to my church, then the art gallery and then finished the weekend with a wonderful pub lunch, where we consumed a few jugs of sangria.
In the evening me and JT were meeting up with my old housemate and her husband for a wonderful meal in town.

Monday- I had a driving lesson and then JT headed off home. In the afternoon i popped into town with my dad and i ended up buying a pair of jeans and a new top. I then relaxed for the rest of the day.

Today- I had another driving lesson and then popped into town again to buy one more top for my holidays and ended up with 3 new tops, underwear and a jacket. They had a sale on and were all bargains. Two of the tops were extra bargains as i have at home 2 pairs of trousers that i dont wear as i had nothing to go with them, but i do now. :-D

Tomorrow i have a driving lesson at 1.30 and then finally my driving test as arrived. Im really nervous and really hope that i pass. I already have the money for a car and it will be brilliant if i can drive as i hate relying on people for lifts and it means i get get to more places easier. At about 4pm im heading off to the coach station as me and JT are off to London till sunday night. Im so excited as we have so many great things planned including meeting up with some of his friends and also there is a ship meet on the saturday evening.

All in all this is shaping up to be a fantastic 10 days off.

holly xxx