Drinking with Terrorists

It's been a long week, but at the same time it's gone by really fast.

Sunday Chris and I joined my aunt and her husband at the beach. I was really excited because I wanted to work on my tan. Chris wasn't feeling well, but still came along. We brought the SPF 50 with us so that he wouldn't burn to a crisp. I put on some tanning oil while Chris sat under an umbrella. At the end of the day, I come home looking like a lobster and Chris looked white as can be. He did miss one little spot on his ankle which turned a bright red. Not sure how he manages it, but he always seems to miss a spot when he puts on suncream. Last time he missed the area around his hairline and looked like a devil with red horns. He had to go to a funeral looking like that. Classic. Anyways, the burn seems to have gone and I'm nice and brown now. Mission accomplished!

I don't remember most of Monday. I think it was spend studying for my Intermediate Accounting 2 midterm which was on Tuesday. It was actually easier then I thought, which could be good or bad. Either I did really well or I thought the problems were easier then they actually were and I totally screwed up. Guess well have to wait and see. Wednesday was another midterm. My professor was walking around the room and I could feel her standing over my shoulder. As soon as she moved she told everyone to double check their algebra. Ummm....was that a big hint or what? So, I went through my exam again and sure enough...I totally messed up and was able to correct it.

Today's been okay, but the stress of the week has really caught up with me. I didn't realized how tired I was until I sat down on the sofa this evening. I couldn't be asked to make dinner so I made popcorn instead. I also felt a glass of wine was in order to celebrate the end of my second round of midterms. Half the bottle is now gone. Um.....lush indeed. Somehow I started watching a film on terrorist and suicide bombers thinking that it would entertain me.

Hi Ladies,

Sorry I didn't post last week. No excuses. Just didn't feel like I had anything to say and didn't want to bore you with stupid stuff. It was the nicest weekend of the year and so I dragged Chris to the beach. Yes, Chris Pike went to the beach. He piled on SPF 50 while I put on tanning oil and sat out in the sun to fry. And fry is what I did....


Not the smartest thing in the world and now I'm feeling the pain. Chris thinks I should try to get tanned gradually, but you all know that I don't do things gradually. I want things when I want them and I don't want to wait for my tan! Still trying to figure out what we're doing about moving. There was a brief period of time when we thought we might buy a flat, but that soon went out the window. I can barely get Chris to commit to getting a dog, there is now way he would commit to buying a flat. So, we may stay in our building or might move a couple roads over. We're buying a new car next week. My cousin works for Acura so we decided to get a TSX since he can get us a deal. This is the car we want....


Since Chris doesn't drive, I get the car all to myself. I deserve a new car. You guys should see the crappy little thing I'm driving. Every time I start the car, I pray to God it will start. One of the back windows is broken and gradually slides down as I drive down the road. It's a bit distracting.

Anyways, not doing much this week. I have 2 exams this week (Tuesday and Wednesday) but free after that. Man, student life is hard!

Missing you all!

Easter Weekend

Here we are back to work after the Easter weekend! It's been so lovely having time off, but it has made me feel more that I really don't want to spend the rest of my days sat in an office. I really need to think about what I want out of life!
I'm actually shattered after the long weekend as I spent most of it up and down a ladder and covered in paint! I'm re-decorating my room, which is great fun and will look lovely when it's finished, but the mess it's in at the moment is a little stressful!
I don't really have much else to share as I've not been doing anything apart from decorating!
I hope you're all well and have had a lovely Easter!

Much love!

Becky xxx

The health issues continue from last week. Still have allergies and have them bad! This entire week I've woken myself up by sneezing. How is this possible? I'm not sure. According to Chris it has something to do with air coming into the apartment. When I asked him how this happens he said that it's good because we need air to breathe. My husband is a genius and a smart ass. In addition to having sneezing fits and very itchy eyes, I now have a twisted ankle. On Tuesday, it was raining in San Francisco. As I was walking to class, I guess I must have slipped on something (to be honest I think it was my cheap Wal-mart imitation Uggs which has no grip on them at all) and fell right in front of two girls. One of the girls asked me if I was okay and my response.... "I'm sorry". What? What the hell am I saying sorry for? For falling in front of them? I don't know. Chris says it's a British thing. I've seen him run into walls and say sorry to the wall. Anyways, I got up and ran off in embarrassment. And the result is a twisted ankle.

Chris and I viewed a townhouse tonight. Looks like we are definitely moving which I'm really happy about. Love moving! The area is really nice and it's just down the street from where we are now. It's a little bigger than our place, but still a 2 bed.




Now that we have the place, we just need a puppy. So the question is, what kind of dog are we going to get? Any suggestions? We can't get anything too big, but I don't want a small yappy dog. I'll leave you guys to decide what we should get.

Oh, an update on the book I'm reading - Confession of a Shopaholic. I'm half way through and have decided that the main character is a combination of Colesy and Sal. The main character is really in debt and it trying to figure out how to get money. At first she decides to cut back and makes cheese sandwiches for lunch! Sal - this is totally you! I remember when you used to do this and because we made our own food, this just gave us more time to shop! Then the main character decides that she needs to make more money. Colesy - this is totally you. I remember when you were trying to leave IAP and were looking for jobs on ridiculous amounts of money. Anyways, love the book because it reminds me of my favorite places. In the last chapter I read, they had dinner at Pizza Express! But it makes me sad and I miss you guys loads!

4 Day Week!

Monday is here again! Ever noticed that the weekends just go too quickly?! I even had a 4 day week last week, and the weekend was so busy, that I don't feel like I've had any sort of rest at all! :0(

I did houseworky type stuff on Friday morning, and then got myself ready for an evening out and weekend with my friend Emily (it was my birthday surprise, on 2 months late!!). Had a bit of a nightmare though, as the train was delayed due to a fatality at Wimbledon - I'm not sure what happened, but as we went through Wimbledon there were hoards of police officers on one of the platforms and someone looking like they were trying to clean off the platform, so god knows what occurred. I finally reached Waterloo, where she informed me that we were meeting some of her other friends (that had obviously slipped her mind in the first place). We made it to meet them, and none of them made any effort to talk to me. I was trying to ask them questions etc and try to be friendly, but they weren't interested at all, and Emily ignored me for most of the evening. Not an ideal way to start your "birthday" weekend. Anyway, we went to see Chris Addison - who is a comedian - and his show was very entertaining, so that certainly went some way to making up for the lack of acknowledgment I received from Emily & her friends. After the show Emily and I headed back to her house in Guildford, where she put me to sleep in the sitting room(!).

Saturday morning was quite chilled with copious amounts of breaded goods for breakfast (not ideal considering I'm on a diet at the moment, but hey!), then we headed back into London, where she took me to the V&A where there is currently an exhibition on called "Hats: An Anthology", which is a major exhibit of Stephen Jones' fantastic collections. Not only were there his hats, but hats from throughout the ages, including a papyrus headress from about 700BC! Johnny Depp's tricorne hat from Pirates was there, along with some vintage contributions from Dita Von Teese! Also got to get up close to the Phillip Treacy creation that SJP wore to the SATC premiere! Amazing!

After walking around for hours, we headed back to Guildford, Emily made us dinner, we watched a bit of TV, and then she dropped me home. I was exhuasted yesterday and apart from a quick trip into Walton to join the library, I spent most of the day lolling in front of the telly! Very productive! So now, it's back to the evil place where they keep my paycheck, but thankfully only a 4 day week this week and next!

Hope everyone is keeping well.

Much love to all!

Becky xxxx

Not much to share this week. I've had really bad allergies. It started last weekend when it was stupidly windy and pollen filled my eyes. On Monday, my eyes were so itchy - I couldn't stop scratching them. I actually went blind for a few hours. I guess I rubbed my eyes so much that they were very blurry and all I could see were white spots. I've just now started to take hayfever tablets. Hopefully I'll feel better soon.

I saw someone who looked just like Healy today. It was really odd. Have you ever thought you've seen someone, but obviously it couldn't be them because they don't live there? I used to think I saw people from America in Kingston all the time. Actually, I thought about Healy earlier this week as well. For some reason I was thinking about when Mongo took us to Spain and we were convinced that the hotel had given us Mongo's room because it was so nice. I also remember Healy coming to my room in the morning asking to borrow my straighteners. I've never seen hair so crazy in my life! Love you Healy!

Nothing much for the weekend. Work Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Meeting up with some friends on Saturday night. It's actually the couple that has asked Chris to be in their wedding. Chris loves hanging out with them.

Oh, reading Confessions of a Shopaholic. I love it! It names all my favorite stores. She even talks about how she loves to get point with her Boots card! That was my favorite thing to do. I ended up buying 10 nail polishes because they each gave me 300 points. Marks and Spencer's is mentioned too. It makes me think of home! :( Miss you guys so much. If I run away from Chris and jump on a flight to London, will someone give me a place to stay?