So this week I was off up to London to do something HTML 5
training. My company sent me up on a 2 day course. I have to say I wasn’t
looking forward to it, I think it is the traveling and all the kafuffle that
goes along with going to London. However over the weekend I realised it was
something I enjoy doing, 2 days out the office and the weather was meant to be
lovely so I changed my mind a bit.
On the first day I made the earlier train and I got to the
place 40minutes early. I managed to pick up a coffee at Victoria and spill half
of it down my sleeve… not impressed. It was a pretty run down building when I
got there… I was a little disappointed as I thought a training centre in Kings
Cross would be quite fancy and modern…. I went in and up to the 4th
floor and was pleasantly surprised… it was a well light super modern floor…. Lots
of glass classrooms it was lovely! I had a coffee and avoid the biscuits and
then at 10am we were called inside the room. There were just 5 of us so it was
lovely and small. The trainer was a really nice guy and reminded me of a
smaller Peter Capaldi. The course was a lot more basic than I thought it was
going to be especially on the first morning; however it was good to brush my
skills and learn a few new things.
Lunch was at a buffet they had loads of food, curries,
pizza, Chinese and salads. I was good on Monday and had a small stir fry and an
ice cream. The afternoon was also
enjoyable and picked up a little, and I left at 4:30 in a really positive mood.
The sun was shining and I had, had a really enjoyable day.
Now the plan was to be healthy and get an early night Sunday
and Monday and do they gym on Tuesday. This did not go to plan. I was in such a
good mood on Monday that I decided I wanted burgers for dinner and I took matt
over to lakeside as we had a 50% off voucher and we had a HUGE dinner and drinks
and it came to £13!! Bargain I say!
So not really an early night at all Monday… then Tuesday I ended
up being an hour early so enjoyed some
time in the sunshine and called the bank and headed over to the place…. Again the
morning flew by….. Started to do more in-depth things which was good. Got better
at small talking with our people and this time at lunch I took full advantage
of the buffet and had pizza, noodles and some over bits and pieces and finished
it off with a ice cream again.
The afternoon however I started to struggle, my
concentration just died and I started to make some silly mistakes and I just
wanted to go home. Not sure if it was later than I would have liked evening or
the fact that 2 full on days of learning was too much for my brain! Anyhow I passed
and we ended up at 4:30 again and I headed off to the station again. The
sunshine was beautiful and I was in a pretty good mood even if I was in need of
a nap!
Gym didn’t happen… and a KFC and a bag of chocolate appeared
instead woops. I do now feel a little guilty. I have 5 weeks now to loose 7lbs!
I can do it I just need to focus…
But I wanted to write about it as it was really nice experience
and I had a lovely time. One big thing I did learn was I am NOT CUT OUT for the
London rush hour commute. It is almost fascinating watching all these people
who probably share the same train on a daily basis, all standing alone on their
phones or reading and then everyone shuffles off and shuffles off to another
queue to shuffle along. I didn’t enjoy the travel to London luckily I finished
early enough to miss most the rush hour on the return… and I got on the train
home early enough to enjoy a seat all the way :)
Anyhow I am back at work today and missing the idea of
walking down a London street and going for lunch (even though I am in Croydon )
I now cannot wait for the weekend. I don’t really have any
plans, but we are seeing The Avengers on Saturday so I am looking forward to
that. I believe Matt is doing air soft Sunday so might be a quiet lonely day
but hey ho…
The weekend just passed I got my Game of Thrones signed calendar back from the framer and it looks AWESOME.
Me and Matt also took quite a big
step and went to our first house viewing on Saturday. We got out the car and I
was full of excitement, only to be let down by the fact they changed the times
and no one was there and no one told us. I was NOT IMPRESSED at all. What should
have been a really exciting experience was actually pretty depressing and a
massive let down. BUT HEY HO! There will be more and hopefully they will go
well.
I am hoping the rest of this week flies by and goes quickly
because I am exhausted!
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