Stuff and Things in Diary
- April 12, 2014, 5:59 p.m.
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I've had a busy time since I got home from work last night. Dog walked, birds cleaned out, windows washed, house vacuumed, washing up x2, laundry x3, car vacuumed and washed, new headlight bought and installed, front yard cleared of rubbish. Phew! I swear it's the nice weather, it seems to give me energy and inspiration to do lots of useful stuff. In winter, I just curl up in the house and don't move. This is why I prefer it when the sun comes out!
We have a pair of robins in our garden; the only time of year when you'll see more than one robin at once. They come into the garden to bathe and eat together, one feeding the other. I hope they have chicks then we can watch them feeding the fledglings. We have an old cat food bowl in the garden that I fill with water for the birds and it's fun watching them having baths in it. We also have loads of frogs in the pond again so I keep looking for frogspawn! Lots of life springing up with the animals and plants :o)
Jay went out with his friends last night and apparently took his mam's house key instead of ours so he was locked out. There I was, fast asleep in bed at 1:15am when the doorbell suddenly rings extremely loudly. We have an actual old fashioned bell so the harder you pull on it, the louder it rings. I almost had a heart attack, you don't expect that sort of thing when you're tucked up in bed in the middle of the night. And the noise of the bell sounds like something from a horror film anyway, lol. My heart was beating 10 to the dozen and it took me about 90 minutes to get back to sleep because of the adrenalin. Jay fell asleep on the sofa like he always does and came crashing into bed at 5:20am. Again waking me up and taking me about an hour to get back to sleep again while he snored his head off. Drunk people are annoying, especially when I'm sober!
I emailed our local roller derby team about having a go and they say they're having a newbie session sometime in the next month, I can't wait to give it a go! I've never been on regular skates before, but I'm ok on blades and not bad on ice skates so I do have a good sense of balance and stamina. It looks like fun and might even help me to make some of my own friends! I'd have to think of a fierce name for myself; they're all called things like Angelina Rollie, Maggie Mayhem or Babe Ruthless. But I'll have a go and make sure I like it first ;o)
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mutedexposure ⋅ April 12, 2014
Roller derby sounds awesome-much better than being woken up by doorbells and snoring.
Waterfire ⋅ April 12, 2014
Which team are you looking to join? I was with the Central City Rollergirls
Bomb Shell Waterfire ⋅ April 12, 2014
Wolverhampton Honour Rollers, purely because they're my closest/ easiest to get to! CCR is at the wrong end of the city for me.
Waterfire Bomb Shell ⋅ April 12, 2014
I know them, I think my mate Shanice skates with them? I'd have to check though, I haven't caught up with her properly for a while...
Bomb Shell Waterfire ⋅ April 14, 2014
Coolies! Everyone keeps telling me it looks terrifying, but I just think it looks like heaps of fun!
~Twinkle~ ⋅ April 12, 2014
Yeah I hear you about drunk boys! X
puffin ⋅ April 12, 2014
Ugh I hate the drunk middle of night wakeups! Tho I think I'm the culprit more often than the victim. Dave came home from playing a gig last night and woke me up to be cross at me over something!!
I was going to join roller derby once, but chickened out!
Bomb Shell puffin ⋅ April 14, 2014
Haha Jay used to do that, one time he came home and flung open the bedroom door to rant about something that had happened. I have no idea what it was, he was slurring his words and I was half asleep.
Awwww, go on, do it! We'll be newbies together :o)
Hypnotica ⋅ April 14, 2014
Haha I play roller derby!
Bomb Shell Hypnotica ⋅ April 14, 2014
Cool, what's your roller derby name? Everyone keeps telling me it looks terrifying, but I just think it looks like heaps of fun!
Hypnotica Bomb Shell ⋅ April 14, 2014
My name is Jessica Menace (I was going to change it to Final Jesstination when I moved to North Wales Roller Derby from Cardiff Roller Girls but decided to stick with it)
Hypnotica ⋅ April 14, 2014
PS: I used to skate a LOT on blades and I struggled with derby to start with - be prepared to be a lot wobblier than you anticipate! I did pick it up quicker than people who didn't skate before though.
Deleted user ⋅ April 15, 2014
Oh I am the same way. If im woken up then it takes me an hour or two to get back to sleep. It is so annoying!! Robins are birds there right? xD
Bomb Shell Deleted user ⋅ April 15, 2014
Normally I'm ok but it was the adrenalin of being woken up to abruptly :-/
Yes, robins are the red breasted birds on Christmas cards (do they appear on your Christmas cards or is it just us...?)
Picture here: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_9oTslXzpqec/TQ0NE6OVgdI/AAAAAAAAH8Q/Hixq1MpPYDM/s400/SnowyRobin.jpg
Babe In Toyland ⋅ April 15, 2014
Isabel has already picked a roller derby name for when she's old enough to do it. Hell's Bels!
Bomb Shell Babe In Toyland ⋅ April 15, 2014
That's a brilliant name :o)
Miso Honey ⋅ April 19, 2014
Awesome! I hope you have fun at roller derby!