I wondered why the ball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.

I have come to observe from the last few weeks that doing nothing apart from sitting at a computer all day is really knackering, woe is me etc, so this weekend couldn't have come quick enough! Last week at work I managed to blast my way through the third Twilight book and have turned into quite a fan of the aforementioned, not to mention a champion reading speed demon!  I think the only person who could relieve me of this title would be my Grandma who reads (and knits) at the speed of light, old lady got mad skillz!

Friday, A and I had planned to go to the gym in our desperate attempt to lose half our combined body weight before travelling so we don't get harpooned on various beaches around the world, the get fit or die trying plan.  Due to us feeling exceptionally lazy we decided just to have dinner at mine instead.  My mum cooked up a storm, a chicken casserole and sweet potato mash storm to be precise.  Yumola!  We then settled down to our new favorite pastime- writing lists!  We are getting elderly ok?! Deal with it!  So we cracked out some travel books and decided a rough plan of what we're going to do on our travels.  Some of the activities we have in store include a full moon party in Thailand, snorkeling on the Great Barrier Reef, skydiving in New Zealand and Universal Studios in LA.  I'd just like to point out that unless you are A or me, you will more than likely be at work or in a lecture while we are having all this fun.  UNLUCKY!  In February/March/April when you are climbing into a suit at 7am looking like a zombie, A and I will probably be in our bikinis chilling on a beach.  Just something to consider.

Saturday, I caught up with a hobby I enjoyed at uni- lying in.  Ah yes I had a well deserved lie in after my hard week of getting paid to do what I want!  Went for brief run in the arvo, then got ready to go out for G's birthday.  A and I got a couple of trains over to Kingston (mission) where we were planning to go to Oceanas which is a massive nightclub there.  This plan was thwarted when G decided to forget her ID.  On her own birthday.  What a mug.  So we got merry in a cocktail bar which was nearby.  Gotta love them mojitos, fun to say, even better to drink!  A and I pointed out that we still had free entry to Oceanas and we are not silly enough to forget our ID's, so then arose "challenge Lucy and A".  The challenge consisted of taking a picture of us in every room in Oceanas in 15 mins.  Challenge accepted!  As A and I are surprisingly nimble in killer heels after a few beverages, we absolutely destroyed this challenge in around 10 minutes and even had time for a toilet break.  I feel these are useful skills we could carry forward to win a program such as Crystal Maze.  Do you remember how crap the prizes were on that show!? "Well done Sally (shocking fringe, bad teeth, absolute retard incapable of completing the simplest task), you've won a saucepan".  Brilliant.  Nothing like mild sexism when it comes to dishing out prizes. 

Sunday will be known as spontaneous Sunday.  At uni last year we were a massive fan of spontaneity so I decided to revive this tradition and surprise R, D and AJ by paying them a flying visit.  Turns out I can't fly so I drove down.  Picked up D who was alive despite having had lacrosse initiations the night before, impressive.  When I got to his house some random boy answered the door in half a pig outfit, clearly still drunk and suffering, apologizing profusely about his lack of shirt and trying to convince me he doesn't always wear pink trousers.  I said "you don't have to lie to me young man-pig, the jig is up!"  He looked at me like I'm mental, which he would be correct in thinking.  Anyway, we drove past R on the way to Starbucks, she didn't know I was coming down so the look of shock on her face was priceless!  Her mouth was so wide I thought I might fall in!  When we came back from Starbucks the match had started so D, A and I decided to watch the girls play lacrosse in a 1950's style.  Let me explain, to watch something as if you were watching it in the 1950's you squint and blink really fast so it's grainy and jittery like old TV and sing cheesy car chase music so everything is a bit slapstick, then at the end you say in your best 1950's voice, "and thats how it was done in the 1950's"!  Warning: if people see you doing this, you look like an absolute nob.  This method worked quite well on the lacrosse match and it gave a suitable comedy edge.  After that we played a bit of lacrosse ourselves which was v fun as I haven't played in about 5 weeks so I was getting pretty severe withdrawal symptoms.  As we are very athletic types, we ordered a Chinese for nutritional purposes and watched a film as a cool down.  Sadly I had to leave mid-film, which was Snatch by the way, my favorite.  Nightmare.  I bid a teary (I cried on the inside, like the tin man) farewell to my Canterbury family, and that was the end of my weekend.  Dramatic.  

I'd just like to point out that having spent the last 4 years in higher education hating the majority of computer science, I now miss learning.  I wish to have new things presented to me on a daily basis i.e. to be educated more.  Nothing major, just the odd interesting fact thrown my way wouldn't go amiss.  Just a little realization I had the other day.  It's hard to keep up with me isn't it!?!

This week I have several exciting events to look forward to!  Friday is L's birthday so I will be back to Canterbury for that, Saturday I am going to see Michael McIntyre at Brighton with R, D and C and Sunday I am maybe going to watch the girls play lacrosse/possibly play if they don't have enough players, so not being funny but I hope the freshers get ill so I can play.

I'm away laughing on a fast camel (bye),

Luce

p.s. Who tried the 1950's thing after reading this???  ...............I knew it!