Quick update before Gav's BIG party
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mumsisdaughterGoing to York tomorrow by train, first class...you know I don't do things by halves :)
Meeting Mark at the house then walking into the city to meet Jenn after work about 6pm. We're having something to eat in a pub somewhere then going to the Grand Opera House to see the stage performance of THe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, starring all the old radio cast. A local celeb will do the voiceover for The Book (it was Roger McGough in L'pool, I think). Then we'll go back to the house for a gossip and sleep before I catch the 9:40am train back on Friday.
A very quick visit because I bought the theatre tickets months ago and Jenn and Mark will be coming here next Wed for a whole week, helping us prepare for and tidy up after Gav's 65th birthday bash. He was 65 in March but we thought July would be nicer weather for an outdoor Hog Roast get-together. HA-HA! March was much warmer weather than we've had recently. Those of you not in the UK might not realise that it's been the wettest April+May+June since 1910! Apart from a pleasant week in May, we haven't seen the sun for three months. Soooooo fed up of cloudy skies, RAIN, low light levels, RAIN and EVEN MORE RAIN!! It had better be dry on the 14th or I've got to find room for 70+ guests in the house, gulp :( The Hog Chef could well be the only one outside!
PS For those of you that know about Jenn and Mark, I can now think straight enough to actually write this down. Last September, she told him that she wanted to see someone else. This was the reason for my not looking forward to the New Year. Her decision has shaken us all up. Mark had even bought the ring she'd been looking at for 4 years and was ready to propose. Gav and I can't get our heads round it: she still has a lot of her stuff at the house and she splits her time between Mark and the other man. I've met him and he's okay but my heart bleeds for Mark. They'd been together for 9 years. I understand that it's her life and I wouldn't want her to be unhappy. She says she's happy with the new man.
After Gav's party, we'll take them both back to York so we can bring a lot of Jenn's belongings back with us. It could well be the last time we have them both together under our roof :( One big problem is that although Mark can afford to keep up the rent on the house by himself, she can't afford somewhere else as nice and will probably share a house with strangers. There are reasons why she can't move in with the new man (no, he's not married, thank God) and I'd like her to have a way out, in case she changes her mind.
Meeting Mark at the house then walking into the city to meet Jenn after work about 6pm. We're having something to eat in a pub somewhere then going to the Grand Opera House to see the stage performance of THe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, starring all the old radio cast. A local celeb will do the voiceover for The Book (it was Roger McGough in L'pool, I think). Then we'll go back to the house for a gossip and sleep before I catch the 9:40am train back on Friday.
A very quick visit because I bought the theatre tickets months ago and Jenn and Mark will be coming here next Wed for a whole week, helping us prepare for and tidy up after Gav's 65th birthday bash. He was 65 in March but we thought July would be nicer weather for an outdoor Hog Roast get-together. HA-HA! March was much warmer weather than we've had recently. Those of you not in the UK might not realise that it's been the wettest April+May+June since 1910! Apart from a pleasant week in May, we haven't seen the sun for three months. Soooooo fed up of cloudy skies, RAIN, low light levels, RAIN and EVEN MORE RAIN!! It had better be dry on the 14th or I've got to find room for 70+ guests in the house, gulp :( The Hog Chef could well be the only one outside!
PS For those of you that know about Jenn and Mark, I can now think straight enough to actually write this down. Last September, she told him that she wanted to see someone else. This was the reason for my not looking forward to the New Year. Her decision has shaken us all up. Mark had even bought the ring she'd been looking at for 4 years and was ready to propose. Gav and I can't get our heads round it: she still has a lot of her stuff at the house and she splits her time between Mark and the other man. I've met him and he's okay but my heart bleeds for Mark. They'd been together for 9 years. I understand that it's her life and I wouldn't want her to be unhappy. She says she's happy with the new man.
After Gav's party, we'll take them both back to York so we can bring a lot of Jenn's belongings back with us. It could well be the last time we have them both together under our roof :( One big problem is that although Mark can afford to keep up the rent on the house by himself, she can't afford somewhere else as nice and will probably share a house with strangers. There are reasons why she can't move in with the new man (no, he's not married, thank God) and I'd like her to have a way out, in case she changes her mind.
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Date: 2012-07-04 04:20 pm (UTC)Oh, how I wish we could switch out weather with you for a few weeks, though perhaps with the heat turned down a bit. I'm sure the party will be a success no matter what, though it sounds like it might be a wee bit crowded. Best wishes to Gav and best of luck to your family at large. ((((hugs))))