citygirrrl about town...

talk talk

spacemonkey called this morning, all the way from alaska (where, confusingly, it was still last night).  he saw some moose (mooses?  meese?) yesterday and was hoping to see some grizzly bears and wolves today.  how exciting!

citygirrrl was very glad to hear from him - he's out in the tundra somewhere with no mobile signal so communication is limited,  especially next week with an 11-hour time difference separating us.  this has been the first time since we got together that we've gone more than 24 hours without speaking to each other.

back in the day, the receptionists at work would be the first people i spoke to on a morning (sometimes since leaving the office the previous day).  on one occasion it was only upon attempting to greet the receptionist that i discovered i had lost my voice.  and i didn't think there was anything unusual about that at all. 

for thousands upon thousands of people in this city, it isn't a matter of "working to live" or "living to work" - office life is just how life is.  it pays the bills, but modern life is rubbish.

les grandes vacances

only a week until citygirrrl's summer holiday!  the first of two summer holidays, in fact, so i'm being more spoilt than an embassador's guest with a plateful of ferrero rocher.

spacemonkey has gone to alaska for two weeks and so i will be keeping myself amused by going to tunisia on my own for a week.  to make up for our separate holidays at the start of the summer, we've booked two weeks in tenerife at the end of august, and i'm excited already.  always nice to have a wee stack of tickets tucked into my passport!

happy birthday, spacemonkey!!

happy birthday to you,

happy birthday to you,

happy birthday dear spacemonkey,

happy birthday to you!

ten questions:

1.  where did you wake up this morning?

all on my ownsome in my bed.

2.  when was the last time you cried?

last week, when i had to pack all my things into the car to come home after nearly three blissful weeks of working oop north and living with spacemonkey.

3.  what was the last lie you told?

i never lie... but i had to be a little disingenuous to someone last week.  the end very much justifies the means.

4.  apart from your home or car, what is the most expensive thing you've ever bought?

my gorgeous new bed - but if we're discounting fixtures and fittings then a bespoke suit in a grey wool and silk blend with a light blue pinstripe.  it was actually a relative bargain (honest) because i had it made in singapore.  it's very grown up and severe.

5.  what do you dislike most about yourself?

i'm intellectually arrogant, and i can be very snarkey.  i also quite like these characteristics, which is why i've done nothing to improve myself.

6.  when were you last naked in front of another person?

are we discounting spacemonkey?  in that case, when i was last at the beauty salon.

7.  what's been the most embarrassing moment of your life?

to list my equally embarrassing moments would take up far too much of my limited blog space... suffice to say, they all involve drink.

8.  who did you last receive a text from, and what did it say?

stick-dance company checking out my availability at the weekend (it's spacemonkey's birthday party so he gets my uninterrupted attention) 

9.  ever been chatted up by a celeb?

i once shared a rather tedious chat with a soap F-lister who was very lovely looking, but not exactly hollyoaks' answer to umberto eco.

10. if you were invisible for a day, what would be the first thing you did?

stop worrying about whether or not my arse looks big.

howyadoin'? whatchaknowin'?

citygirrrl wonders whether you missed her?  apologies, dear reader, was working oop north and haven't been able to post.  a news round-up may be in order...

• i came oop north for easter.
• we went to see littlebird and beaker on good friday, it was fantabulous weather and spacemonkey did cartwheels in their very lovely garden.
• went out to dinner on the saturday night and we had champagne and really really good food (big shout out to the arts cafe in leeds)...  the health kick paid off and i managed to feel glamorous in a minidress and gold high heels.
• it was my 30th birthday on easter sunday.  i got wondrous pressies, and celebrated with all of my bonkers relatives.
• i stayed oop north for two weeks (i was working up here).
• we went to scotland to spend the long weekend with spacemonkey's folks.  the weather was uncharacteristically glorious and we did lots of countrified things like go on long walks and visit the dawyck botanical gardens (see photos).
• spacemonkey got shingles and has been poorly ill sick since last week; luckily my trip was extended, giving more time to drive him steadily mental with citygirrrl's own patented style of fussing and mithering.