Flying High
December 8, 2005 11:48 PM
Phil mid-flight!
I've got a lot to do today despite being at work, and primarily my work load is based around logistics.
First thing and I'm off to the post office to pick up the parcel which they couldn't deliver yesterday, and as soon as I've got that in my mitts I'm heading into town to pick up the various things that I need to post a variety of cards and parcels to people all over the place.
It takes me about an hour to get what I need (jiffy bags, wrapping paper, bows and ribbons) but with that done, I go home and set about wrapping and packing.
By lunchtime I'm finally done but decide to hold off going into town again to post all the items until after 2 when hopefully the post office will be a bit quieter.
Ha! I should have known better because when I do get to the post office it's full of people waiting to do exactly the same sort of thing as me, but after about 15 mins it's my turn to harass the counter staff for a while and I do indeed take my time since I felt I'd earnt my right to take as long as everyone else. And, 20 quid later I have indeed posted everything I needed to, and so that's another job off my mind.
By the time I get home I don't have long before I'm back out of the door, since tonight it's my office party and Phil and I have to be in Milton Keynes (about 25 miles away) in about 30 minutes after we've left the house. So it's a bit of a mad rush, with me waiting in the car before Phil gets home, ready to go as soon as he arrives.
We just about make it in time and then everyone gets ready for their sky diving experience. The basic principal is that you get put in a funnel at the bottom of which is a huge turbine type fan which blow air upwards at about 100 mph and then you float around in it to get a pseudo sky diving experience. I don't have a go, but do take lots of photos of those participating (including Phil).
I think everyone almost got the hang of it, the only complaint was that if you opened your mouth whilst in the funnel you ended up with drool all over your face :)
After that we then go for a meal, which is also nice, but a tad difficult to have any kind of conversation since the noise levels are somewhat elevated from the numerous other Christmas parties and birthdays going on.
We finally get home at around 11.30pm, and we're knackered.