*swoosh*

*swoosh* - the sound of a kilt in full flight.

The ceilidh on Friday was a blast.  I was thoroughly knackered and a tad dehydrated the next day, and not because of  an over-indulgence, no, because I danced my arse off :-)  Yup, a great night was had by all.  I'll definately make a point of going there again.

And the winner is......

Me.

I've just won four tickets to a ceilidh on Friday night.  So I'm guessing there will be a little bit of pain on Saturday, especially if the strip the willow is particularly energetic.  The kilt might get an airing, we'll see, so Glasgow beware, the knees could be on display.

Disorganisation

Aaaargh!!!!  If you are in charge of running a project, and you are the one responsible for organising a rota, PLEASE make sure you stick to the rota that YOU have come up with and don't email the next day asking to swap dates because there "might be a meeting you probably should attend".  How vague is that?  Seriously, I've other stuff to do other than fit round your inability to avoid double booking yourself.  Especially when the rota is obviously designed round your childcare.

If you choose to have kids, don't expect the childless not to have anything else to do other than cover for you.

Rant over.

5a+ ? I think not

Was down at the climbing wall last night where there was a completely evil route that was graded at 5a+.  Everyone that tried was struggling/failing/cheating to get up.  Basically there were very few holds, and the only way you could get up was bridging between two walls, smearing, and (pretty much) swearing under your breath.
It was fun to fail on this, because it was just so different.  I know I won't get up it (despite regularly nailing 6a's and even the odd 6b), but I totally want to keep giving this one a go.

I also discovered that going climbing after going to a knackering karate class, possibly isn't the wisest thing to do.  Especially if you want to push yourself at the climbing.

Is it spring again yet?

Well the snow of yesterday has gone (thankfully), so I can get back on the bike tomorrow hopefully - karate today, so I have a bag of gear to lug in/take home.

Got a table booked at a tapas place for Saturday, so that should be good.  Got a voucher for £30 worth of tapas.  Between two of us, that's probably not as much as it sounds.  We'll see.

With the Middle East in an uproar, and the disaster in Japan, I'm frankly surprised that the end-of-the-world prophets haven't reared their ugly heads.  Thankfully they haven't, the last thing we need is sandwich board carrying religious zealots claim "the end is nigh" and using these incidents as examples of "the sins of man".  I say I'm surprised, but that's because they're not usually this slow off the mark.

FFS!

It's snowing again in Glasgow.  Thought we'd seen the last of this !

Bit windy

It's a tad blustery today, with gale force winds doing their best to ruin the hairdo's of pensioners throughout Glasgow.  It 's also ruined my cycling to work, as there's not a snowball's chance in hell that I'm cycling in this weather.  A death wish I do not have.

Planning to go see The Big Sleep after work.  Never seen it before.

That week flew in (literally)

Well, last weekend, I should have been down in Coventry at Redemption, but due to the car needing replaced and a few other unexpected expenses, I'd had to cancel it, but never fear thought I, as Frightfest is on in Glasgow, EXCEPT, the friends who said they'd go bailed, so I didn't either.
Actually it was a good thing, as I ended up floored with snot for 48 hours over Sunday and Monday, so would have spent most of Redemption/Frightfest sneezing like a deranged loon, so I suppose it was fortunate that I had to cancel.

Last Thursday, I headed over to another karate club.  This is the one we go to for day courses.  K decided that she fancied trying it too, and came along.  I got a good session, and she got a one to one introduction from one of the instructors, and loved it, so it's back over there again tonight.  While I sort of enjoyed getting my Friday night back when the instructor taking over the work club could only do the Wednesday, but I really need to do two practices a week (at least).

Other than that, I've got The Stranglers to go and see on Saturday.  Should be good.