I’m still basking in the glow of so much undeserved admiration (apparently I’m pretty and intelligent they obviously dont know me all that well 😉 …) so excuse me if this post is all gushy..

..had a pretty up and down week as you can tell from my previous posts but all is well now. Went to bed after my last post on Thursday feeling like death and fell asleep at what for me can only be descibed as a reasonable hour…only to wake at 03:30 and not be able to get back to sleep untill 07:20 just to be woken by my alarm clock 10 minutes later!! BUT I did feel so much better than the previous night!

Jordans birthday Friday so he was a ball of energy when he came bounding into my bedroom, although I did a very mean thing and wouldn’t let him open any of his presents untill AFTER school…he was excited enough as it was!! He still had a lovely day I gave him the choice of doing naything he wanted for dinner..expecting the answer of either McDonalds or the Wacky Warehouse at our local pub, but in all surprises he wanted Chicken and Chips in a box from the local chippy, which was nice as I didn’t have to trek anywhere in the cold to please him!

Saturday was spent on trains, buses and cars travelling multiple times into random (well Birmingham and Wolverhampton) town centres to partake in lots of random christmas time activities!! The morning was Santas Christmas Grotto in Birmingham with the predictable elves and reindeer, But I still cant for the life of figure out why they had pink swans, Never something that springs to my mind when I think of the christmas period?? Then it was over to the German Market (surprise surprise) so that Jordan could go on the Helter Skelter.

I was rather disheartened that he was so inimpressed with the merry-go-round, he refused to go it..I was looking forward to having a go myself! The afternoon saw me in Wolverhampton visiting the Hungarian Market that’s been set up around Victoria and Market squares and trying to keep Jordan awake as he was dead on his feet the ammount of walking I’d made him do, the poor child!

Saturday evening…Jordan dispatched to a babysitters for the evening, I went back into Birmingham (via Walsall) to go ICE SKATING!! WOOOO !!!!!!

I’d been wanting to go ever since I’d heard that there had been a temporary OUTDOOR rink put up in Centenary Square in Birmingham and as I got asked along earlier in the week I agreed wholeheartedly, thinking that it would be a whole lot of fun with a group of people (most of which I didn’t know) and a good laugh at each other falling over…

HOW MY HEART SUNK when I found out that I’d been so misguided in the belief that we’d all be as bad as each other. Not only is Catherine EXCELLENT on the ice, she actually has gone as far as to own her own ice-skates that is how often she used to skate! I should point out that last night was the fifth time I’d been ice-skating EVER and the last time was 4 years ago!! The chances of me ending up on my arse or with a broken limb of some kind were very HIGH I wasn’t looking forward to showing myself up!!

I surpassed myself not only did I NOT fall over (good job really as the ice was so so wet and I was wearing a skirt!) I actually was complimented (in a back handed kinda way) on my skating when I came of the ice!!

So WOO for me.

I had an absolutley FANTASTIC time, So thanks to Cat for inviting me, she has some of the loveliest friends who made me feel more than welcome to be there with them and i can’t wait to do it again..

….I feel all festive now, santas grottos, christmas markets and ice skating in the shadow of christmas tree, maybe this holiday season may not be as bad as first anticipated. wI will wait and see!!