More Catch Up!

OK so I'm playing catch up again! Today's post will cover Tuesday, Wednesday and today's pictures - as I know I won't be able to blog this weekend (I'll be flip-flopping in sunny Milan!) So on Monday you can look forward to a nice bumper blog again!

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Date : Tuesday 11th March 2014

Time : 16.34

Location : Wyatt International, Birmingham

I'M RICH!!!

So, apparently I entered the Dutch Lottery, and won 750,000 something! All I need to do is supply all the information for someone to steal my identity! 

I mean, seriously, does anyone actually fall for these scams? It seems totally legit, right?!

I Googled this scam, as I was interested, and there's actually a section on the official Red Bull website, stating that it, in no ways, has any affiliation with the Dutch Lottery. 

I would actually like to know how they got my number - very dodgy! 

Next I'll await my email from my Nigerian cousin asking me to transfer £1,000 into his account, where he will absolutely for sure give me the millions of pounds I'm due to inherit from the Prince of Nigeria. 

What a load of cobblers .

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Date : Wednesday 12th March 2014

Time : 08.46

Location : Broad Street, Birmingham

Excuse The Battered iPod! 

I like to shuffle on my way to work (music, not dancing!)! On Wednesday, my iPod threw up this beauty. 

Kings of Leon were so good. Their first three albums were so raw! Pure rock 'n' roll! I loved the short, snappy explosive numbers - but the slower, more chilled songs were equally as good. 

Then Sex On Fire came out - and it all went a bit mainstream. Only By The Night was a great album, and Use Somebody is a brilliant (yet overplayed) song. BUT. The 2 best songs on that album were never released, nor widely recognised. Closer (the opening track) is slow and atmospheric, whilst the drums on Be Somebody are just something else. 

I saw KoL at Reading in 2009 (maybe) - and they were good. But they fell victim of the success of Sex on Fire. There were limited actual KoL fans there - just people who wanted to see Sex on Fire. 

So obviously, when they played Sex on Fire, Caleb (lead singer) got all moody because it was the only song the crowd sung to .... then they stormed off and smashed up their guitars.

Bit of a shame, as one of my favourite bands at the time, but it was still good to see them live!

For the record - My Party is a great song!

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Date : Thursday 13th March 2014

Time : 08.24

Location : Millennium Apartments, Birmingham

FOG

Annoyingly, this picture didn't really showcase the amount of fog around Birmingham this morning! 

It was a lot worse! 

The weather recently has been a bit up and down! Every morning starts off really cold and horrible and REALLY foggy! 

But once the sun burns through the clouds, we keep having really nice days! I'm certainly not complaining! Although what I will say, is that at the moment in Birmingham the mercury's hitting about 13/14 degrees. 

Not bad .

In Milan (where I will be this weekend) its topping 22! Must remember to pack the flip flops and swimming trunks! 

Lesson of the day - FIND MY SUN TAN LOTION - IT'S HOLIDAY TIME! 

Day Fifty Two : Oh, Hi There!

Date : Friday 21st February 2014

Time : 17.06

Location : Wyatt International, Birmingham

Graduation is VERY soon!

OK. Shall we address the elephant in the room before we go on? I haven't blogged in 10 days. 10 whole days. Wow. Though actually, I've done a fair bit of slacking in that time. 

I had a McDonald's breakfast the morning after Taylor Swift, and have only been to the gym twice since I got back from Tenerife! So so bad.

BUT.

I'm back, and committed, so let's go! 

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I had a really nice surprise at work today! You know you sometimes get it, when you genuinely don't expect anything from anyone, or expect anyone to know what's happening. But they do, and it makes you really happy?

That happened to me today. I have Monday off work for my graduation, which is fairly exciting. I've mentioned it a couple of times at work, but just in passing. Truth be told, I'm not actually that excited for it! But I suppose it's a rite of passage that every graduate must go to, fully hatted and gowned! 

So today, at around 5pm, the head of department stood front and centre and said that the department hadn't forgotten about the reason I am off on Monday, and wanted to give me the pictured congratulations card. 

I just thought it was so nice. It's a reminder that sometimes, it really is the thought that counts. 

Other than that, today was the first real time that it struck me, that the weather seems (touch MASSIVE wood) to be clearing up a little bit. This whole week I've been scarfing / gloving / hatting up to walk to work, when actually it's not been that cold out! 

And also, it's SO light out when I leave for work! Bring on 30th March for British Summertime! 

Lesson of the day - STAY FOCUSED AND COMMITTED!

Day Forty Two : Rain, Wind, Snow, Cold

Date : Tuesday 11th February 2014

Time : 06.14 

Location : Borehamwood

SO EARLY. 

Before I start, is it OCD if it REALLY annoys me that this picture isn't central? No? I'm a weirdo? OK. 

I blame the wonky picture on the ridiculous time it was taken! Yesterday morning, fresh from the coolest night ever, I was pegged down a level, waking up at 5.45am to leave at 6.15am to drive back to Birmingham for work. Incredibly, despite waking up at such a ridiculous hour, I STILL managed to be late for work ... darn traffic.

It wasn't just the traffic that was bad though. Oh no. 

The weather. 

Everyone in England's talking about it, so why don't I join in! 

Remember a couple of days ago when I said it was too windy to use an umbrella. Well right now, that's massively applicable. Yesterday I walked to work, and didn't quite have time to register how wet / windy it was. The answer? VERY. 

I wish I could have taken a picture of myself, I genuinely looked like a drowned rat. It was made worse by the fact that my shoes didn't dry off all day, so when I got caught in the rain on the way home, my feet were frozen solid! 

'What? More incredibly annoying weather related stuff happened yesterday?' I hear you ask, yes! Allow me to explain.

The biblical rain we had whilst I was walking into work soon cleared up (annoying) and turned into a brilliant blizzard or the lovely white stuff! It was amazing, snow flakes like I've never seen before for a good hour!

Annoyingly, the wet ground ate the snow up without problems, so it didn't settle that much - though it did a tiny bit! If it wouldn't have rained to heavily in the morning then it would have been amazing! I was picturing snowball fights on lunch, sledging in the car park, snowmen! Maybe next time! 

Even the tiny amount of snow that did manage to settle was wiped away in the afternoon, as the warm winter sun decided to emerge. So we had biblical rain, brilliant blizzards and gorgeous winter sun yesterday. Whatever next! (Spoiler - 120mph winds - I was nearly blown over walking home from work!!)

Why do us Brits LOVE talking about the weather?! Regardless of what happens, we're never happy! It's either too hot, too cold, raining too much, why is there a hosepipe ban, I love thunder and lightening, rain is good - better for surfing. 

Lesson of the day - Invent a garment or product that is rain AND wind resistant, and incredibly strong ..... OR drive to work!!