I am officially putting my liver into storage until the end of September. This summer has been and will continue to be my most 'social' in my already fabulous life so far.
I will try to do some 'back-blogging' on the specific events, but as I've not made an entry in awhile, nor have I put a new post on my blog (tee hee), I thought I'd just do a quick summary.
For me, the summer / silly season started with the aforementioned Tupperware party at Blake and Ed's. Its been all downhill since. Two weeks ago, on a warm and sunny Friday afternoon, my office and a number of organisations in London put on Canada Day In Trafalgar Square. Our office was stood down at 1:30pm to allow staff to attend. I seriously doubt however, that everyone who left, actually attended the event, but more fool them, it was a great afternoon and evening. There was street hockey, native dancing and musical acts from Canada. The whole square was buzzing, as was I, but that's more a result of the many tins of cider I consumed. The Tesco's across the street was very busy that day. Suffice to say, I fell asleep on the tube and woke up seven stops past home. Luckily it wasn't the last train, and was able to get home easily. I figure in my almost 16 years of living in London, that's the first time I've ever done that, so I'm now part of a club I guess.
The following day was Europride, which was also Canada Day, so met up with our mates, had a fry up in Soho, and watched the parade. Soho was so packed, Scooter and I just sat in Leicester Square and watched the cabaret on the stage.
On the Monday, some office mates and I did our annual Canada Day pub crawl and decended upon Hampstead. Another very hot day and in a break with tradition, we decided that everyone was allowed, indeed should take a break or two from the booze and have water and or soft drinks at some point. I'm so glad I did, as I was feeling ok the next day, although I did have the foresight to book that day off. A nice sauna / steam in the afternoon and I was feeling much better.
Last weekend was my friend Paul's 33 1/3rd birthday party and the theme was Jesus. Apparently JC was nailed to the cross at that age. Lots of good costumes, and a fantastic up and coming band, Paleday performed as well. It was also the sixth anniversary for me and my lovely Scooter!!
On Sunday night we had decided to stay in that week and give ourselves a rest. That lasted until Monday afternoon when our friends Blake and Ed said they'd like to take us to dinner at the Gaucho Grill to celebrate our anniversary. Having been there before, it was an offer we couldn't refuse. I challenge anyone to find a better steak in the heart of London. I had the 'meat sweats' that night, but it was worth it.
Friday was our annual dinner with our rugby club, The Kings Cross Steelers. Much food, much booze and much fun was had.
Last night Blake and Ed had their official housewarming party and much food, much booze and much fun was had. I think it ended about 3am or so, but as we'd already arranged to stay the night, I turned in about 2ish. Scooter has only just surfaced whilst I'm blogging on Blake's PC. He's feeling rather delicate this morning...I on the other hand am fine as I drank lots of water and soft drinks between my booze. I would do the "I told you so dance" to Scooter, but won't be so mean. hehe
So, here I sit in this fantastic flat, just in a pair of shorts, no doubt scaring the neighbours, (but its all council flats, so I'm sure they've seen worse in their own homes) thinking about just how to survive the rest of the summer. We have two more weekends of house parties, then four days in Brighton for the Pride festival there. I can't wait for that.
So, that's what I've been up to lately, I'm going to put the kettle on, make a cuppa and have a nice sit down and enjoy the view from the balcony.
** My friends Ash and Andrew are currently on a trip to the west of Coast of America and Canada. They are blogging their trip at http://brownyoung.blogspot.com
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