I’m supposed to be going to Paris in March with my Mum, Ross and Gill for a week. However with the Euro rate going the way it is I’m seriously considering not going.
It was bad enough when the rate was £1/€1.4 but it’s now £1/€1 and still falling. It really sucks because I was planning on going into Paris a couple times to take photos cos Paris is a beautiful city.
Hopefully things will look better come March.
Happy new year everyone! I hope everyone made it safely into this year of new. I spent it in bed watching Pan’s Labyrinth which was really good, I’ve had the dvd for two years now so I’m glad I finally got around to watching it.
My family prolly think I’m depressed about Tim not being here since I spent New Year alone but really I just wasn’t feeling up for celebrating. I’m still fighting this bloody cold and I had a stuffy head and sniffles last night so I didn’t feel like staying up.
I also had to work today which ruined any fun I could’ve had since I had to get up at 10. There’s no way in hell I’m coming back from Seattle next year in time for New Year, I’ll quit before I do that.
My new years resolutions are:
1. To save money instead of spending it on random crap.
2. Buy a bike and do some cycling to get in better shape.
3. Cycle to nice places to take photos.
4. Get off my ass and take more photos.
5. Finish a year of college starting in August (doing photography)
I was looking into bikes today and they’re quite pricey, the cheapest one I found is £80 but it’s something I’d like to do.
So it’s Hogmanay now, last day of the year.
Tim left on Monday morning at 9am and then I had work at 10 which was fun. I’m so glad he got to visit, I had such an amazing time and my family and friends all loved him.
I wish we’d got to do more tho, Tim ended up being pretty much bed bound from Christmas eve till he left.
On Christmas Eve we had dinner with my Grandparents which went well. My Grandad told my mum he approved which made Tim’s year.
Christmas day we went over to my dads for an hour or so and then headed back cos Tim wasn’t well. I found out I’m gonna have a nephew come May!
Tim was so ill he didn’t even make it to Christmas dinner which was a shame. After dinner I played some Catchphrase with my family which was fun.
Boxing day I ended up being I’ll for (thanks Tim!) so we spent it in bed. The original plan had been to cook fondue for my mum with all the stuff we got her for Xmas but since neither Tim nor myself were well we just stayed in bed.
On the 27th we had to take the car back, we hired it for 9 days at a cost of £150 and drove it a total of about 20 miles. Oops.
We did at least manage to get out on Tim’s last day here. We took the bus into town and walked around the shops before grabbing a bite to eat at a little Italian cafe called Sarti.
I had pizza and Tim had a really yummy pasta which I ate half of. After that we got the bus home and Tim had powernap while I read some of my new book Cross Stitch.
Monday morning rolled around far too soon and we were at the airport saying goodbye. June can’t come fast enough.
I can’t believe Tim’s vacation is over already. Jamie sad.
Wow I mustve been a really good boy this year cos I’ve hit the motherload! What I got:
A coffee machine, a portrait photography light, a macro photography studio, wanted DVD, the dark knight DVD, neverwhere DVD, flight of the red balloon DVD, DMZ volume 4, 100 bullets volume 1, cross stitch book, buried book, the first True Blood novel, the sea, the sea book, strangers book, Torcheood calendar, xbox 360 quick charge kit, a now patrol ticket and more. Crazy!
Love it or hate it, it’s here already. Tomorrow is Christmas Day, I can’t believe a year has passed, and yet I can. Time is an amazing thing huh?
Whatever you do tomorrow dear reader, whether you spend the day alone, with a significant other, with family or with friends just make sure you have a wonderful time.
Merry Christmas to all and to all a goo night!
Wow it’s been a busy few days.
On Friday we went downtown around 4 and met Chris and Andrew for a quick coffee. We then went for a wee walk around and eventually ended up at Sanini’s (I think) an Italian restaurant. I had an Americana pizza which was delicious. It was the pizza base with salami on it then cheese then meatballs, yum!
From there we headed over to The Polo Lounge to meet up with Paula and Sabah. I actually had a lot of fun and everyone got on really well. Tim, Chris and I ended up doing two jager bombs each because I’d bought six but Sabah, Paula and Andrew didn’t want.
A funny moment ensued when we were walking back to the station. Some random woman was walking along stoatin’ drunk and fell down some stairs, she fell flat on her face, didn’t even put her hands out or nothing so her face must’ve smacked the pavement pretty hard. Yet she managed to keep her cigarette in her hand. Anyway Tim wanted to go and help her but Paula told him that no we don’t do that here.
On Saturday we went to Culzean Castle with my Mum and Linzi. On the way we stopped at Burns Cottage in Ayr which was lovely and historical. After that we took a drive down to Girvan where we got a chippie for lunch, which had something I really wanted. Tim and I had sausage suppers and my Mum got a haggis supper which she let Tim try a bit of, he wasn’t impressed. After lunch we finally got to Culzean and we went for a walk round the lake and then to see the deer before heading home cos we were cold.
On Saturday night we had Amy MacDonald in concert at the Barrowlands so we got the train into town and then walked along there. I love the Barrowlands, it’s got a great history. Amy was really good and finished the night with A Fairytale in New York which made my day. Her new songs sound good too.
On Sunday we decided to have a bit of a lazy day and so we went up to EK for a walkabout. Tim drove up and did very good driving, five roundabouts and two right turns! He had a bit of an episode in the car park though cos we had to go all the way to the 10th floor.
I’ve been need a new watch for a week or two now since my old one died and then when I went to work to get it fixed on Friday the strap broke. So when we were in Debenhams I had a look at the watches and they had a really nice one for £60 (£48 after 20% discount) but that was a bit expensive for me so Tim bought it with his insurance money as a present for me. So sweet, I love it. The watch I mean, not Tim. I love him too tho.
Later in the day we went to see Twilight which I was kinda disappointed by. The book was good but it was slow, which is fine in a book. It doesn’t work so well in a movie. I dread to think what New Moon is gonna be like since it has even less action.
Monday was meeting Mandy, Emma, Dad and Lorene. First though we did some sight seeing in Glasgow. We went to the Provand’s Lordship which is the oldest house in Glasgow and was built in 1471. Tim’s visit has made me appreciate my country’s history more because our history is so old. History for the US is 200 years old, here it can be anything up to 1000 years or more.
Next up was the Necropolis which was a bit creepy, and then Glasgow Cathedral which I’d never been to but found pretty amazing. How the hell did they manage to build these things in the 16th century? After that we walked back down to George Square and met Mandy and Emma at the mulled wine stand. Tim had some mulled wine which he says was lovely, I’ll take him on his word at that.
After Linzi and Callum showed up we all walked down to Princes Square to meet Dad and Lorene and go for late lunch/dinner at The Restaurant. It was good fun, apparently I got Dad and Lorene into a sticky situation up north tho. I sent my Granny and Grandad a Christmas card from me and Tim just to put his name out there and it was on them if they pursued it or not. Apparently they did, when Dad and Lorene were up they asked him who he was and Lorene had to tell them the whole sordid story. That’ll be fun next time I’m up!
Once dinner was over we went for a walk round Frasers and then to Oddbins to pick up a bottle of Jagermeister since Callum and Linzi were gonna come round and play cards. It was £19 for the bottle and it was pretty big: Tim, Callum and I pretty much polished it off last night. It was really good fun tho. I’m glad they came round, they got on really well with Tim.
Today was supposed to be going to Edinburgh but after all the busyness of the past few days we decided to have a lazy day and instead arranged to have lunch with Kirstin. It went as well as could be expected. Tim and Paula get on well which is cool.
After Tim had a quick power nap we went to Rouken Glen garden centre to pick out our tree ornament (and make Tim a dashing cowboy) then to Sainsburys so we could pick stuff up to cook dinner for my Mom. In the end we decided to make chicken parmesan and it turned out really good. We also had boursin cheese and parma ham with bread. All in all a yummy meal.
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and we’re having my grandparents round for dinner and then it’ll be Christmas Day. It’s gonna be another busy few days so I’ll prolly not update till after Xmas so Merry Christmas everyone!
He’s here! Tim arrived into Glasgow yesterday afternoon. I went on the bus to the airport to get him, that was fun! It took half an hour for the bus to even get out of central Glasgow, I thought for sure he was gonna be waiting for me when I got there.
He wasn’t though and about fifteen minutes after I arrived he came through. Sorry, hobbled through. We had some coffee in Starbucks and talked, he didn’t have a good time in London apparently. After we’d finished our coffee we got a taxi home and then I showed him round the house.
After a quick shower my Mum came home and he met her and we gave her her birthday presents which I think she liked. We then went down to Clarkston to have a quick nip round Tesco and I showed Tim around Clarkston. Once we’d been home and dropped the shopping off we went round to the chippie for dinner. This Tim liked.
He has a fish supper and I had sausage supper. I forgot how much I looooove sausage suppers. I don’t have chippies often cos they’re very unhealthy so they’re always a nice treat. Tim liked the sausage the best I think.
After dinner (by which time it was around 8:30pm) we headed upstairs to watch some tv and relax. Tim promptly fell asleep since he’d be on the go for over 40 hours by that point. I watched some Will & Grace (<3) and then fell asleep myself.
We got up at nine this morning and lazed around for a bit then had a shower and headed out to my work. We had some coffee and I had a bagel and we sat in for a while. Tim thinks my work is very “homey”, as in like a home not the gangsta version. From there we left to go get the rental car, with a brief stopover in Greggs so Tim could get a sausage roll. From the train station it was about a 1km walk to the rental place and it was raining pretty bad so we got slightly wet but once we were there it was fine.
We have a silver 08 Ford Ka which is very nice, I was a bit nervous about Tim driving a manual on the other side of the road but he did really good. Maybe a bit close to the kerb for my liking but I’m sure he’ll get better.
Now we’re about to head “downtown” into central Glasgow to do a bit of shopping and then meet Chris and his boyfriend Andrew for dinner. Afterwards we’re meeting up with Paula and Sabah for a couple drinks so that should be fun.
He’s here!
So Tim’s finally on his way, he left Seattle this evening and arrives in Glasgow tomorrow at 2:30pm. He’s in Philly just now and his folks drove out to see him for a few hours which is cool cos he doesn’t get to see them as much as he likes.
I’m getting the bus into town, hopefully meeting Chris for a coffee and then heading out to the airport. I’m very excited.
I can’t believe a week tomorrow is Christmas, it’s crazy how fast time is going lately. I’m scared to blink in case it’s all over when my eyes open.
I went up to EK with Paula tonight to do some shopping, we walked around for an hour, got bored, went to Sainsburys and bought some fudge cake and cream and then went home to hers.
I love hanging out just me and Paula, it’s so easy. There’s no hangups, no drama, we just….hang. She’s coming out for dinner with us on Friday now which’ll be fun.
Let the fun begin!
