God I’m terrible at doing this. I started an entry last Monday and never finished it so it has sat in drafts since then.
Saturday night the week before last was brilliant! Being at the first concert at the new Wembley Stadium was a great experience. It was really good to see Wembley whilst it is still new and shiny and I am happy to report that it is a very impressive stadium. As for George Michael – he was fantastic. I’ve been waiting the best part of 20 years to see him live and I wasn’t disappointed. My only gripe would be that he didn’t sing ‘Wake Me Up Before You Go Go’ which I absolutely love, but all of my other favourite songs were there. In fact my gripe might not even me justified as I was dragged off by the people I went with before the end. They foolishly believed that he was done after the first encore, despite me pointing out that the stage lights were still on, the stadium lights were off and he hadn’t thanked his band. We were outside when we heard him back on stage again. I suppose that the positive side of leaving a bit early was that we got home quite quickly.
The stage set was amazing, but what was even more impressive was that it was just George Michael, his band and a few backing singers. For most of the concert it was just him on stage by himself, which I don’t remember seeing before. Usually there are dancers, special effects, pyrotechnics etc. and I have to say I don’t think that the concert suffered from a lack of these things. It was still as impressive as seeing someone like Madonna (who I think had the biggest stage show I’ve ever seen)
Anyway, I could talk about the concert all day but I won’t. The tickets arrived on Saturday for The Police who I’m seeing in September at Twickenham. In fact as I type I have ‘Wrapped Around My Finger’ playing on my ipod in preparation for it!
Work is really quiet – it’s our financial year end next Friday and so everyone has gone on holiday before we get really busy then. I’m jealous as my holiday is nothing more than a dim and distant memory! I would sort something out for later in the summer, but I’m in limbo until I get some concrete dates for my new apartment.
My weight loss is continuing – I got my 2.5 stone award last night. However, there is still a way to go before I get to the point where all of my clothes fit me. Having said that, I have skinnied myself into a few things that would never have fit me in March. It’s nice when people ask me if I’ve got a new top or skirt and I can say no, it’s something old I have shrunk into!
