So as I now write this I am a grand age of 25! I have just
had a 4 day weekend and to be honest has been amazing. It makes coming back
to work really really hard. I only have to do three days but it seems soo long especially
when Matt has the WHOLE DAMN week off.
So where should I start. I will start with Saturday and
Sunday I guess. Saturday was slow I saw Gemma for a bit, I actually can’t
remember what else I did. Oooh I popped to the Valley to get a couple of bits,
but just chilled out for most the day.
Sunday was the first big awesome day. I woke up around 6am!
This almost killed me, but I got up and curled my hair really nicely and did my
makeup packed some ridiculously massive bag with a spare coat and all sorts and
we headed off at just gone 7am. McDonald's breakfast was the first stop and I
got one meal and a snack wrap cause HEY IT WAS MY BIRTHDAY WEEKEND :p couldn't
actually eat it all. Then we arrived in London at the Olympia around 8:15am and
parked up and joined the queue. It was pretty small to be honest and never
really got too much bigger not compared to the summer anyway.
We went straight in around 9am and got two talk tickets that
cost £40 eep. And then walked around the stalls twice as it was just sooo empty
and quiet. We went and sat in the car as it hit me how tired I was and actually
fell asleep for an hour. We then went back in to the talk with Michael Shanks
and Suanne Braun and Michael’s wife joined in too which was great as I love her
in SG1 and Andromeda. I have to say the talk didn't flow as well as past talks
and there wasn't enough SG1 mention for my liking but it was enjoyable. Just
wish I hadn't sat behind the really tall guy. Boo.
We ate Lunch in the car and did some more browsing. Matt wanted
me to pick out thinks for my birthday which I did although the stalls were
fewer and not as good as the summer so I didn't find that much stuff alas.
I spent about an hour debating if I should get an autograph from Virginia Hey, and I’m glad I worked up the courage as she was the nicest lady ever! She was so chatty and happy and told me I had a beautiful name :D
Then I had Michael's photo shoot at 3:30pm and swooned a little. His Accent and how nice he was to me and then I hip bumped him when they took the photo all made me smile WAY TOO HARD eheheh! Not a fan of me in the photo but I think it is nice and natural!
I picked out a few bits during
the day and we also grabbed tickets to the Star Trek talk that was free. That ended up being really awesome! Had two actors from Deep Space 9 and Voyager.
The drive home was pretty horrible loads and loads of traffic but we got back
and ate pizza and watched Star Trek!
Much to my dismay I forgot my
camera and I didn't really take any pictures which really was a real shame! I
will make sure to take some next time!
Monday was a lovely day. Just got up when I woke up and went
into Croydon which was nice as it was soo quiet in there. Got a few bits I
needed and Matt got me a lovely jumper for my Birthday to add to the pile of
gifts he had bought me! We got home and I showered and chilled out and then got
ready and went out for dinner with my Mum Dad and Sister. It was really lovely
and the food was delicious.!
I got home stuffed to the rim and begun the countdown to
midnight so I could open my gifts hahah!
So midnight came and I got to open all my gifts! I've shown
a few on here already. I ended up with 4 jumpers….
Polar Bear one (from Matt) – H! by Henry Holland
Polka dot (from Sister)– Forever 21
Squirrel and fox ones (from my Grandma) – New Look
I got a dino from Matt and the pop figures as well as the
tree necklace and snowflake necklace. We got them from Comic Con.
Sarah got me the air fresher and gloves and socks and Laura
got me the other necklaces, note book and light coloured scarf. My aunt also
got me the peter pan necklaces which I FREAKING LOVE! They looked soo good on
with some of my jumpers!
I also got a beautiful coat from my mum and dad too but I
haven’t taken a picture of it yet! It’s a Hell Bunny Millie coat I think I mentioned
it in a previous post.
Then on Tuesday I got up early again and began my loooong
2-3 hour drive to Longleat safari park.
We were greedy again and stopped for Maccy D Breakfast again
oops! Then carried on our journey, the M25 was horrible and very stop start but
after that it was a clear run, a very long run but clear, took almost 3 hours in the end! We stopped off and
then went straight into the Safari bit.
It was great and I really really enjoyed it. There was a
lion that walked in front of my car and big animals you usually have to look
through bars and windows to see were right next to my car. It was great soo
much fun and amazing to see these animals so close. The Monkey bit though I
did not enjoy I watched them peel the rubber off the car in front and snap the Ariel!
Eeep I got out of there ASAP!
The next bit was then a walk around zoo bit, but it was all
so interactive. We got to walk with actual penguins and through lots of animal
bits. We walked past a enclosure with birds and a man was in there feeding them
and had two on his arm. I was like I WANNA DO THAT MATT. So we got £1 handed it
over and got some bird food. I walked in hoping a bird would land on my arm and
BAM around 7 just landed on me. They were in my hair and on my back and just
everywhere! It was so funny Matt got some pretty good photos of me being mugged
by the birds ehehe.
Matt got some beautiful pictures of the animals and I wanted
to share a few below. He took over 200 so I just picked 10 of my favorites.
So now I am back at work and it’s pretty awful. I generally
had an amazing 4 days. The weather has been great, Sunday was perfect and it
was sunny and dry till about 2pm yesterday and then started to spit around 4pm…
but we left around 5 so it was fine.!
Now I have to wait until Christmas for some more time off. I
cannot wait until the run up to Christmas; it will forever be my favourite time
of the year!
I want to end on a comparison. A body and head shot of
myself 1 year apart both a comic con in the same place. I think I have changed
a lot :)
