Just on occasion, work can be a good distraction.

I tend to avoid it where possible. But yesterday, what with Mark departing to China for the next 2 and a half weeks and me being in ‘boo-hoo-hoo-I’m-gonna-miss-him-too-much’ mode, doing a bit of work actually helped. Who would have thought?! As did a good run today:The first time I’ve mustered more than 8 miles since the marathon. Let’s see how much I keep it up in America now; I’m guessing the average portion size perhaps isn’t going to help. If I seem a bit unenthusiastic about the whole visiting the U.S thing, it’s only because I’m still pining over the whole Mark’s-not-coming-with-me-and-he’s-on-the-other-side-of-the-world thing. But I am looking forward to it really because I’ll be seeing friends I haven’t seen for ages and sights I’ve not ever seen at all. From Chicago, via the Rockies and onto San Francisco, it should be a great trip. Of course, I’ll be taking some journal articles with me for the journey, on account of the fact that my 7,500 word report is due shortly after my return. They like a trip out. And it’ll distract me from how much I’m missing the boyfriend won’t it?! Updates from the other side of the pond might be somewhat sporadic. With all that reading I’ll be doing and all. But no doubt there’ll be a lot of stories to tell when I’m back. One of them being how delighted I am to be reunited with Mark. I know. I’m a soppy cow. But you’d be worried if I wasn’t wouldn’t you?!

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Everyone needs a wing man.

My selves have been a bit totally out if it lately. We’ve been moody and grumpy and tearful and stressed. We were beginning to wonder if we could cope. With anything. A PhD, it turns out, is quite stressful. Especially that statistics stuff. In fact, life aged very-nearly-30, it turns out, is quite stressful. But because I have this amazing, fannytastic, supportive, angel of a boyfriend, I’ve come out smiling. And today I feel like I’m finally on top of my work (for the next 12 hours at least), back on it with the running, and we’re pretty much happy again. All 7 of us. We couldn’t have done it without him. On the subject of which, it’s his birthday tomorrow and I’m thinking the man deserves a great one. Maybe I should have bought him a halo eh?!

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It’s good to try something new now and again.

So I attended my first football match this weekend. Leeds v Wolves at Elland Road (That’s the Leeds ground, to anyone as football-ignorant as me!). And it wasn’t quite as boring/scary/confusing as I’d expected it to be. Clearly, because I was there with my lucky shell, Leeds won. So that was good as it meant the boyfriend was able to speak to me for the rest of the day. And I was so well behaved that I didn’t even play The Question Game. Much. I wouldn’t exactly say I’m converted to the cause. I’d rather spend my money on cocktails and chocolate. And if someone invites me out to do something fun on a Saturday you will not hear me reply ‘No thank you, I’m staying home to check the football scores’. But it was lovely to do something with Mark that he loves and I did enjoy myself and would probably go again. If I’m allowed. Being a Southerner and all. I suppose it all depends on what he thought of my Leeds salute…
It was then over to York yesterday morning to do the 10k together. I say ‘together’. There was no way I was keeping up with Mark now he’s back on it. So, so, so proud of him. I was a little bit pleased with myselfves for beating my Leeds 10k time and even more impressed with them when I saw this morning that I came 99th out of the 1,218 women in my category. And that was with my iPod croaking on me hence no music and almost fainting/throwing up over the finish line. A bit like being back at Warwick. Just minus the alcohol.
So that was our weekend anyway: Lots of new things and fun things and accomplishments. All because of, and shared with, my boyfriend. The way it should be really isn’t it?!

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After all those fun and games, today was catch-up day so nothing exciting to report. Went for a 5 mile run with hangover in tow. Not very fun. Went to Tesco. Tidied up a bit. Thrilling stuff. But tonight we’re off to the wedding reception of a friend of Mark’s. Where it’s very possible I might be having a cocktail. And where, surely, wedding talk is acceptable. So that’ll be another lovely weekend in the bag then…

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Make an effort to keep in touch with far-away friends.

And that way, when you want to visit these far-away friends, you will be able to stay on their sofas for free. Which is why, given my trip to the U.S in August and the cost of hotels in San Francisco, I thought I’d be ultra-nice to Mister Kostas and give him a free plug for his latest geek invention. Which, credit where it’s due, looks really rather good. So Digg if you will please. And this time I’m not just saying that for a Tiffany ring (I’m saying it for a free sofa ). Really though, all jokes aside, I am glad that, after all that shittiness last summer, Kostas and I have worked out what might just about be classified as a friendship. But I’m even more delighted by the fact that I figured out how to close that chapter book and now I’ve got a new boyfriend victim to nag about Tiffany rings haven’t I?! A boyfriend who I’m so crazy about that, actually, I’m beginning to not much care about whether I get the damn Tiffany ring or not. So long as I have him. Blush blush. And hopefully the next trip I take, we’ll be trying to blag a free double sofa…

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Romantic gestures don’t have to involve Tiffany rings.

Yeas. I did just say that. You see, there I was last night, on the Tiffany website, dropping all manner of hints requests to poor Mark about how I need a Tiffany ring when my gorgeous, wonderful, adorable boyfriend had flowers hidden away, waiting to present them to me come bedtime. And when he did give them to me, my little heart melted and 6 of my 7 selves decided that was just as sweet and romantic and tear-jerking as being presented with a Tiffany ring. Especially when we read what he’d written on the card. Happy sigh. Okay, so the 7th self is going to take a little more persuasion. She’s kinda stuck on the idea of that ring on her finger. But the others will talk her round. Maybe.

Other things that have had me smiling in the last 24 hours have included a burst of productivity that’s seen me (finally and almost) get on top of my workload. A very wet but de-stressing run yesterday evening. And my purchase of the Coast dress that I’ve been wanting for months (okay then, weeks, but it’s felt like months) at the ‘bargainous’ sale price of {insert incoherent mumble here}. Ahem. Oh, come on. Every girl needs a Clara Mae silver silk dress in a silk/cotton/organza mix, which makes the perfect contrast to the beautiful and bright appliqued silk flowers at the hemline and has a detachable purple sash that can be fastened front or back. Right?! Oh shut up. It matches my beautiful flowers anyway…

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