long time, no update
well, i think i'm long overdue an entry! sorry i haven't been around much lately and i will try and catch up on my friends page and comments today and tomorrow. the readon i've not been on is because andy was here in hamburg from the 26th january until the 1st february and then from then until yesterday, i was back in england!
andy and i didn't really get up to much whilst he was here, mainly because it was the end of the month and i was skint! we just went out for food a couple of times, went for a few drinks and just lazed about! it was so great him being here, i loved it!
then last thursday we both flew back to england. we got the morning flight from hamburg luebeck airport but it meant getting up at 5am! i was absolutely knackered but it was worth it because it meant that i got almost a full day in england rather than arriving at 8pm or something. all our trains up from stansted to hull were on time too which mean we got home at about 3pm! we had a quick shower and then went up to andy's aunty's house so she could cut his hair because it was well overdue being done! he looks so much better now! his grandma was at his aunty's house so we stayed for a cup of tea and quick chat before going home.
we went out for a meal on thursday night. we were going to go to wetherspoons curry club but when we got to wetherspoons, it was closed -lol- so instead we went to this indian restaurant which andy had been to a couple of times before with his friends. on a thursday night they have this deal where you can get a five course meal for £5.95 so we got that. the first course was popadoms with various pickles which was really nice, then for the second course you had a choice of different starters, i got chicken tikka pieces with salad which again was gorgeous. of course the main course was curry of your choice and i had chicken tikka massalla. then ice cream for desert and coffees but we didn't want the coffees. it was well worth the money, the food was delicious and just the right amount of portions and all the courses were spaced out so you had time to let one course settle before the next one. afterwards we went to the pub but only ended up staying for one because we couldn't keep our eyes open any longer!!
on friday i went home to see my family, which is always nice! it had been 25 years to the day since my mum and dad met so my dad had a big bunch of flowers delivered to my house! i got all the gossip on my sister splitting up with her boyfriend too. my brothers did their usual thing or pretending to not to be glad to see me but you could tell they were -lol- we stayed there until about 8pm before going back to andy's. we were gonna go for a drink or something but we were both too knackered so just went to bed.
of course i had to go shopping whilst i was back so on saturday andy and i went into town. i only went to primark though to stock up on vests and t-shirts for when i got to france. i'll be working 6 day weeks so won't really have time to go shopping for summer clothes whilst i'm there! andy also bought loadsa shirts and ties because he started his placement at the hospital! when we got back from town we went to to pub to watch the england vs scotland rugby game, which i found quite boring but just went along anyway. we had a few games of pool too but i lost miserabely, not that i ever win mind.
we went out on saturday night to asylum which is the union club on campus, where i worked last year. i had a really crap night though. we were sat in the sanctuary and everything just felt different. it was full of people i didn't recognise and i knew i wouldn't bump into anyone i knew like last year. then when we went through to asylum, we bumped into all andy'd football team who were out so of course we had to stand with them and i felt even more alone and weird. andy and i started arguing cos apparently "i had a face on." and despite me saying i didn't mind whether we stayed or not, he was adament we left cos i was obviously having a crap night.
we made up by sunday morning though. on the sunday we went back to my mum and dad's house for sunday dinner! it took us ages to get home though cos all the trains were messed up as they were doing work on the line. instead of going straight through from goole to hull, we had to get off at gilberdyke (a tiny village in between them) and get the bus. it sounded straight forward enough but we ended up waiting for over and hour for the bus and it was freezing! it was great being at my mums and having a a beautiful sunday roast :) it was kinda sad to leave but i know i'll see them again in a couple of weeks.
i travelled back to germany on monday which was a sad day. i felt like crap aswell as i'd managed to catch cold. my whole body ached and i couldn't get warm. andy started his new placement at the local hospital so i didn't really get much time with him before i left. the hospital is quite near to the train station though so he came down on his dinner break and we had about 15 minutes together. i hate saying goodbye even though i know i'll be back in a couple of weeks, it just sad. and i tried not to cry but i couldn't help it. my journey down to stansted was ok, no complications and i arrived in time for check in and everything. my plane was over an hour delayed though which meant i arrived back in hamburg having missed the last tube home which left me quite pissed off. a kind english man though, who lives kinda near me showed me how to get the night buses which i hope i never have to get again. i managed to get into bed at around 2am which left me so tired for school the next day.
all last week i felt so crap from the cold i had that i spent all week in bed. i literally would get up, go to school, come home and climb straight back into bed! like i said earlier, my whole body ached and i couldn't keep warm. i'm still coughing a little bit now but otherwise i'm fine!
with harriet in rehab i haven't really been doing an awful lot. on friday night i went to a leaving party for one of the english teachers at my school which was ok. after being in bed all week, it was nice to get out of the house! it was supposed to be a traditional english roast though but since when has roast lamb with potato gratin and green beans with a cream sauce been a sunday roast, you need some yorkshire puddings, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, mash and GRAVY!!! -lol- sorry that was just me salivating!! it got kind of boring towards the end too as they all just started talkin teacher politics and things that happened to them as teachers so yeah, i couldn't really join in.
saturday was quite an eventful day. i'd been meaning to see harriet in the rehab centre she is in since i'd gotten back but just felt too ill to trek up there as it's about 2 hours away. saturday was the first day i'd felt well enough to go down. so i walked down to get the tube and went into the town centre first to get some library books. at the library though, i went into my bag to get my purse out so i get my library card and i realised my purse wasn't there. i completely paniced and practically chucked everything outta my bag to check. i almost burst into tears, i didn't know what to do so i phoned andy in a complete panic who told me to retrace my steps. i took the tube home which i was completely stressing cos i thought the guards would come on and check my ticket but no-one did. earlier i'd bought a drink at the kiosk at my station and lo-and behold when i got there to ask the man if he'd seen my purse it was there on his desk!! i was so relieved, i'd left it there earlier!!! i was so happy i could've kissed him -lol-
after that little ordeal, i made the trek up to the rehab centre to see harriet! she hates it there bless her. it's full of old women and she hates the treatments she has to do - one included getting in this big bath naked with other women so she's refusing to do that one again. her dad and brother have arrived today to visit her for a few days which i think has cheered her up and i will go back again at the weekend. i miss having my shopping and drinking partner.
i've spent today and yesterday doing my assignment for uni. but it's not very good. we are supposed to talk about the similarities and differences between germany and britain but it's harder than it seems. i was reading a conversation between emma and leonie on facebook earlier and leonie has talked about the history of the countries and the way immigration is dealt with, and now, i think mine is crap. but at the same time, she sounds like she's gone off at the wrong tangent so i don't know.........
i've wrote way too much and need to go and make some tea.
mel xoxoxoxoxo
andy and i didn't really get up to much whilst he was here, mainly because it was the end of the month and i was skint! we just went out for food a couple of times, went for a few drinks and just lazed about! it was so great him being here, i loved it!
then last thursday we both flew back to england. we got the morning flight from hamburg luebeck airport but it meant getting up at 5am! i was absolutely knackered but it was worth it because it meant that i got almost a full day in england rather than arriving at 8pm or something. all our trains up from stansted to hull were on time too which mean we got home at about 3pm! we had a quick shower and then went up to andy's aunty's house so she could cut his hair because it was well overdue being done! he looks so much better now! his grandma was at his aunty's house so we stayed for a cup of tea and quick chat before going home.
we went out for a meal on thursday night. we were going to go to wetherspoons curry club but when we got to wetherspoons, it was closed -lol- so instead we went to this indian restaurant which andy had been to a couple of times before with his friends. on a thursday night they have this deal where you can get a five course meal for £5.95 so we got that. the first course was popadoms with various pickles which was really nice, then for the second course you had a choice of different starters, i got chicken tikka pieces with salad which again was gorgeous. of course the main course was curry of your choice and i had chicken tikka massalla. then ice cream for desert and coffees but we didn't want the coffees. it was well worth the money, the food was delicious and just the right amount of portions and all the courses were spaced out so you had time to let one course settle before the next one. afterwards we went to the pub but only ended up staying for one because we couldn't keep our eyes open any longer!!
on friday i went home to see my family, which is always nice! it had been 25 years to the day since my mum and dad met so my dad had a big bunch of flowers delivered to my house! i got all the gossip on my sister splitting up with her boyfriend too. my brothers did their usual thing or pretending to not to be glad to see me but you could tell they were -lol- we stayed there until about 8pm before going back to andy's. we were gonna go for a drink or something but we were both too knackered so just went to bed.
of course i had to go shopping whilst i was back so on saturday andy and i went into town. i only went to primark though to stock up on vests and t-shirts for when i got to france. i'll be working 6 day weeks so won't really have time to go shopping for summer clothes whilst i'm there! andy also bought loadsa shirts and ties because he started his placement at the hospital! when we got back from town we went to to pub to watch the england vs scotland rugby game, which i found quite boring but just went along anyway. we had a few games of pool too but i lost miserabely, not that i ever win mind.
we went out on saturday night to asylum which is the union club on campus, where i worked last year. i had a really crap night though. we were sat in the sanctuary and everything just felt different. it was full of people i didn't recognise and i knew i wouldn't bump into anyone i knew like last year. then when we went through to asylum, we bumped into all andy'd football team who were out so of course we had to stand with them and i felt even more alone and weird. andy and i started arguing cos apparently "i had a face on." and despite me saying i didn't mind whether we stayed or not, he was adament we left cos i was obviously having a crap night.
we made up by sunday morning though. on the sunday we went back to my mum and dad's house for sunday dinner! it took us ages to get home though cos all the trains were messed up as they were doing work on the line. instead of going straight through from goole to hull, we had to get off at gilberdyke (a tiny village in between them) and get the bus. it sounded straight forward enough but we ended up waiting for over and hour for the bus and it was freezing! it was great being at my mums and having a a beautiful sunday roast :) it was kinda sad to leave but i know i'll see them again in a couple of weeks.
i travelled back to germany on monday which was a sad day. i felt like crap aswell as i'd managed to catch cold. my whole body ached and i couldn't get warm. andy started his new placement at the local hospital so i didn't really get much time with him before i left. the hospital is quite near to the train station though so he came down on his dinner break and we had about 15 minutes together. i hate saying goodbye even though i know i'll be back in a couple of weeks, it just sad. and i tried not to cry but i couldn't help it. my journey down to stansted was ok, no complications and i arrived in time for check in and everything. my plane was over an hour delayed though which meant i arrived back in hamburg having missed the last tube home which left me quite pissed off. a kind english man though, who lives kinda near me showed me how to get the night buses which i hope i never have to get again. i managed to get into bed at around 2am which left me so tired for school the next day.
all last week i felt so crap from the cold i had that i spent all week in bed. i literally would get up, go to school, come home and climb straight back into bed! like i said earlier, my whole body ached and i couldn't keep warm. i'm still coughing a little bit now but otherwise i'm fine!
with harriet in rehab i haven't really been doing an awful lot. on friday night i went to a leaving party for one of the english teachers at my school which was ok. after being in bed all week, it was nice to get out of the house! it was supposed to be a traditional english roast though but since when has roast lamb with potato gratin and green beans with a cream sauce been a sunday roast, you need some yorkshire puddings, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, mash and GRAVY!!! -lol- sorry that was just me salivating!! it got kind of boring towards the end too as they all just started talkin teacher politics and things that happened to them as teachers so yeah, i couldn't really join in.
saturday was quite an eventful day. i'd been meaning to see harriet in the rehab centre she is in since i'd gotten back but just felt too ill to trek up there as it's about 2 hours away. saturday was the first day i'd felt well enough to go down. so i walked down to get the tube and went into the town centre first to get some library books. at the library though, i went into my bag to get my purse out so i get my library card and i realised my purse wasn't there. i completely paniced and practically chucked everything outta my bag to check. i almost burst into tears, i didn't know what to do so i phoned andy in a complete panic who told me to retrace my steps. i took the tube home which i was completely stressing cos i thought the guards would come on and check my ticket but no-one did. earlier i'd bought a drink at the kiosk at my station and lo-and behold when i got there to ask the man if he'd seen my purse it was there on his desk!! i was so relieved, i'd left it there earlier!!! i was so happy i could've kissed him -lol-
after that little ordeal, i made the trek up to the rehab centre to see harriet! she hates it there bless her. it's full of old women and she hates the treatments she has to do - one included getting in this big bath naked with other women so she's refusing to do that one again. her dad and brother have arrived today to visit her for a few days which i think has cheered her up and i will go back again at the weekend. i miss having my shopping and drinking partner.
i've spent today and yesterday doing my assignment for uni. but it's not very good. we are supposed to talk about the similarities and differences between germany and britain but it's harder than it seems. i was reading a conversation between emma and leonie on facebook earlier and leonie has talked about the history of the countries and the way immigration is dealt with, and now, i think mine is crap. but at the same time, she sounds like she's gone off at the wrong tangent so i don't know.........
i've wrote way too much and need to go and make some tea.
mel xoxoxoxoxo