Oh Pooh!

 

Oh dear - I've over done it! I've had a wonderful weekend. One of my very best friends flew down from Scotland for the weekend.

On Friday I picked her up and we went over to another friends for a natter and then headed home. We were very grown up and responsible on the first night (which is a first).

On Saturday I felt very cocky because I had been responsible so we packed loads in. We first did my Saturday walk down to the butchers and the seafront and then headed off to Ashdown Forest on a Pooh hunt. Winnie-the-Pooh that is.

It was actually very exciting. I've been to Ashdown a number of times and whilst I've seen Pooh's house a number of times I've never spotted any other homes. This time around we found piglets house and we're convinced we also found Eyore's home made of sticks. Though it could just have been a pile of sticks - we'll never really know.

Having been to Pooh Bridge before I knew that you needed to be prepared with your sticks to play Pooh sticks as the forest around the bridge looks like it's been hoovered it's so clean.

So with sticks hidden in my rucksack so the dog didn't pinch them we got to the bridge. There on the bridge were two Japanese ladies - one was holding Pooh Bear and the other Piglet. This made me smile. They looked on in confusion as people kept throwing sticks over the side and then rushing to the other.

It made me wonder if they haven't done Pooh Sticks in the Disney films. I don't know I've only read the books. Anyway I gave them each a stick and we did a race against them.

Feeling nice and healthy after our walk we headed home. Basically it was downhill from there. I don't remember much of the night and goodness only knows what time we went to sleep. All I know is that I woke up feeling like hell, there was a disco light in the middle of the room and Alexa was turned up to volume 10! Sorry neighours.

I was meant to be driving friend to the airport, but after a lucosade, Alka Seltzer, hot bath and an hours walk I was still not fit to drive. So she ended up having to get an uber. I admit I feel guilty, but at least I didn't have a nasty accident trying to do the driving myself.

Once she had left I put the office/study back together. The sofa bed had it's first outing and friend tells me it was nice and comphy so yay!

I've then basically spent the rest of the day mooching around feeling very sorry for myself. Very Very sorry for myself.

Though in an 'oooh exciting' moment - just watching telly and there was a hotel on an old military base. One of the rooms was actually in an airplane - with all the controls and everything. I went online expecting it to be super expensive and whilst it's not cheap - it was within our budget. So I've booked it for later in the year.

Anyway, it's nearly bed time and even though tomorrow is Monday with another horrible week of work stretching ahead of me (it's not getting any better) - it will be nice to wake up not feeling like I'm going to projectile vomit at any second!

I promised myself that after this visit I'd go on a health kick - give up carbs for a while and drop drinking for a few months. Let's hope I can stick to it. I've put on so much weight this year feeling sorry for myself at work. Maybe taking a healthier look at life will give me some gumption.

So it's been a wonderful weekend - but my goodness I feel every second of the party it seems we had last night. What a shame I can't remember much of it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!