I so don’t want to be here today. I feel really tired and I am also hungry. Yesterday night I pigged out on dinner a bit which has made me really hungry all day. However, I am going to the gym tonight with my sister and friend Jennifer Jackme as it’s ‘bring a friend Friday’! I don’t think I’ll be signing up, but it’ll make a change from going on the skier.

It’s been a shocking work week. Ever since old manager Chloe Bounce left last Thursday there has been one problem after another with Customer Services. That hasn’t done much for my confidence, but at least the Head of Marketing, Customer Services and Commissions Finance (new title, same bloke) who I now report to has been really nice and helpful. The work problem I alluded to last week seems to have resolved itself without anyone resigning. However, it could be a case of someone biding their time, but now my contractor has started if the worst happens I won’t have to deal with everything by myself. The contractor seems to be OK. We get on reasonably well and he is enthusiastic about the role which is impressive given the amount of crap I’ve made him do. So you don’t view me as completely evil I will say that I gave him a nice project to work on yesterday, something that I really wanted to do myself. The best thing about having him here is that I’m making a start on shifting some of the things on my to do list as the contractor is doing the work whilst I deal with the millions of request for information and e mail arguments with Customer Services.

It’s been a quiet week socially. My sister, friend Jennifer Jackme and I had an anti-valentines day DVD evening on Saturday night as we had no significant other to spend the evening with (or as in the case of my sister, a significant other who is in Australia) On Sunday I went to see friend Bonnie Sin and watched her crochet for a couple of hours. Apparently she’s going to crochet me a scarf, although as she keeps unpicking her work the scarf will probably take a long time to materialise.

The good news is that I have got a holiday booked and am going to Tunisia at the end of May. The bad news is that I am really sad and going with my Mum and my Grandad. However, I’m hoping I can ignore them for a week and just sit in the sun relaxing. The hotel looks really nice and is child free so I won’t be forced to drown any screaming brats in the pool

I haven’t had time to blog recently as I’ve been driving my heavily pregnant manager Chloe Bounce to and from work. I’ve been leaving home much later and going home earlier and so my usual blogging time has vanished. It’s Chloe Bounce’s last day tomorrow, but I have a nasty feeling things could get even busier when she is gone even if I come in early and stay later again. I’ve been a good little employee and arranged the collection for her and brought the presents. I cheated and asked Chloe Bounce for a list of things that she wanted but as it was a big list she will still be surprised. Even better are the things that I got her which weren’t on the list – breast pads and nipple shields, which should be suitably embarrassing tomorrow for her when she opens them.

Going back to last week, friend Kinky Malibu’s birthday was a good night. The food apparently was very nice. I did eat, but as I had grilled chicken and boiled rice I don’t think I was getting the best of Thai cuisine. I got to see friend Mary Ellen Thong and her fiancé for the first time this year as well as Bonnie Sin and a couple of friends of Kinky Malibu’s who I’ve met before. I didn’t get in till late and very really tired the next day. Apparently I’ve reached the age where I’m too old to go out on a work night.

Friend Tiffani Holiday came down on Saturday and we spent the day shopping for bridesmaid dresses. That was a new experience for me as previously bridal shops were something to be studiously ignored. I’d done such a good job of turning a blind eye to these shops that I didn’t realise how many were in my local area until I looked them up on the internet. Anyway, the good news we’ve found a dress we both like. The bad news is that it will have to be ordered in June at the latest so at that point I will have to stop dieting and keep my weight at a constant level. I think it’s unlikely that I will have reached my target weight by then, but to be honest it’ll be nice to kick back a little and enjoy my food again. Saturday night we went to the very classy Stevenage Leisure Park for dinner and drinks. Having drunk nothing but water and fresh orange juice for over a month I was interested to see how alcohol affected me. As there was no perceptible difference to usual next time I’ll drink full fat Coke and see if the caffeine and sugar send me hyper!

Work this week is a bit ugly. I’ve got my head down and am hoping to avoid the crap that’s flying around. However, I’ve just found out that a decision has to be made by tomorrow and I think that the person concerned will resign. Normally this wouldn’t concern me other than a piece of good gossip, but I am worried as things may change for me if this person goes. Time will tell I guess. On the plus side my new contractor starts next Monday and I become management. I just hope all of that power doesn't go to my head!

I have a horrible feeling that judging by the year to date, my posts will be few and far between. I have been so busy at work recently and I can't see it getting any better. To all intents and purposes I have been raised to the giddy heights of Finance Account Manager for Customer Services. However unlike the last occupants of this role I don't have anyone to do some of the work for me. That is coming - I interviewed last week with my manager and colleague but when there are 3 of you making the decision it becomes a slow process. My manager goes on maternity leave next Thursday so I'm hoping to get someone before then.

Last week obviously the big story was the snow again. However, manager Chloe Bounce and I managed to make it home by 7pm which is a huge improvement from 7am when we arrived home last year. We both had advance warning from Stevenage and so were able to set off before the snow even reached Hatfield. However, the journey home was not without incident as Chloe Bounce who is 7 months pregnant managed to slip over in the snow and fell right onto the bump. Slick Bounce picked her up from my house to take her straight to the hospital and luckily the baby was OK and Chloe Bounce was just bruised.

I wussed out of going to work on Thursday, but having spoken to a number of other people (I was on the phone to work colleagues from 7.30am to 9am) the roads were terrible and it wasn't worth killing myself trying to get in.

I didn't do much over the weekend. I saw friend Kinky Malibu and my family but I didn't bother doing much else. Bride to be Tiffani Holiday is supposed to be coming down this weekend so I will be busy with her.

Tonight we are going out to celebrate Kinky Malibu's birthday. We were going last Wednesday but that got cancelled because of the snow. It's about 10 days since her birthday, but that's no reason not to celebrate still.