I started the week by taking off Monday and Tuesday well when I say I took them off I wasn’t checking emails all the time just a few times a day and also did my blog on the Monday apart from that I had some time off. I actually walked to the beach and sat reading a book for an hr in the blazing February sunshine, I know crazy right. Sounds ridiculous but if I get 2 days or more off and do not do any work or limited work it feels like a mini holiday! Unless I am in another country or drunk (but I do not like the feeling of the next day so that isn’t often) I just can not completely switch off. Even if I am abroad for a holiday it usually takes 5-6 days before I completely relax then I am like a toddler for the remainder of the time. Its like in Bude in the busy periods you get people walking up the road without a clue in the world that there is a vehicle driving towards them. I like to think I am not that bad but I am like a dopy baby giraffe all over the shop! Wednesday was quite a relaxed day I helped a mate move from Tintagel to Bude, and just for comedy effect while driving on 3 separate occasions 3 big arsed wasps (now I know it isn’t wasp season but they looked like big arsed wasps) flew from the back of the van through into the front! Now I am not to bothered about wasps usually but when they are that large buzzing around your face while driving I am not a fan! Also my mate got stung by a load of them when younger so he really wasn’t keen. Being the thoughtful mate on the third occasion I sat crying with laughter as my mate tried to persuade this wasp out the van! Anyone that knows me well will know that I love to laugh its a great medicine but sometimes I do laugh at inappropriate times. Like the time around 13yrs ago when my Grandad died we had to travel up country for the funeral and me and my sister (older and always will be ha ha ha ha ha) spent the whole of the 12 hr round trip laughing it was quite a remarkable day a day that I will always remember in a positive way. I find the most normal but stupid things hilarious, I enjoy watching peoples behaviour and how they are in certain situations. At dinner parties no matter what the size of the group you get the same characters funny, quiet, obnoxious(rarely), happy, stressed, uncomfortable. I find it interesting how evenings play out and maybe after drinks people change maybe towards me or the rest of the party. Conversations I tend not to listen to unless you hear a certain word which makes my ears prick up but I do enjoy watching how guests behave.
As for real work this week I had a 7 course dinner party for 4 guests. Now this was a unique dinner party as it was where I grew up so this was very weird to be driving around roads that I use to ride my bike on. I didn’t really feel any older than when I was last there 25yrs back. I wondered what my younger self would think of me today. Maybe a tinge of disappointment but I think that is just the standards from what I except of myself are sometimes to high. But all I ever wanted to be was the best chef I could be from about the age of 11 and I suppose I have achieved that so maybe I should not be so hard on myself.
It was a great meal with some amazing comments so another experience complete!