Sunday, Sunday

Well, this week has been absoloute madness at work. Basically, Marián went on holiday to Galicia for a week, and Frost had Joana attempting to do her job. She tried really hard, but it was really hard for her to do it, as she had to search for the prices on a HUGE Excel spreadsheet which is called gordo which literally means "fat one". And Boy is it fat!! I had to do all sorts of stuff that Joana would normally do and I didn't have a clue!! I usually do all the Mercadona orders, but I had to do the International and Other Spain orders too, which aren't that different, but I felt I had to check everything 3 times so I didn't balls up!!

I ballsed up an order for Nadzhya in Moscow though. I seem to have highlighted the wrong colour on the form that Joana gave me to do. I got the feeling she wasn't too happy!! But the order was wrong anyway, as she had been put down for 240 price display holders, and she only wanted 4!!

On Thursday, Heather mum and dad arrived, and they went out for a meal etc. Heather and her mum cried at the train station apparently! Bless! We all went to Valencia on Saturday, and eventhough I promised myself not to buy anything, I spend about €65, which isn't too bad. I got two nice tops from Zara Men and a pair of Pyjamas from El Corte Inglés, as it's gone SO cold at night!

As we've got no heating in the flat, it gets very cold. Eventhough it's inside, we have floortiles, thinly glazed windows, and none of the doors or windows have those little insulation brushes around them, so a lovely draught comes in!! So we got a hot water bottle each from a Chinese Shop (only €2 - bargain!!), and we've decided to swap the room around in the flat. So now we have the huge long unit next to the shelf unit. The telly's stayed on the long unit, and the table is now underneath the window, along with the coffee table, which I'm none too chuffed about as I used to put my legs up on it, and seeing as we don't have a couch, I now have to sit bolt upright in the chair. They aren't easy to slouch in!! We can't have the coffee table there though, as it would get in the way. FOOK!!!

Been all alone today, so I awoke at 12, with the BLOODY ANNOYING WOMAN NEXT DOOR WITH HER MÚSICA ESPAÑOLA BLARING!!!! And she were singing along, which made it shite! So, anyway, I ate random shite for dinner (lentils on toast and a crisp butty!!) and watched the Simpsons all day. I've had the fan heater on too, and all of a sudden the power cut in the flat again, so I had to trundle downstairs in my new PJs and overworn grey tartan slippers and flick the trip switch in the basement. Hopefully, it won't go again, but I've turned the fan off just incase. So I'm using my hot water bottle to keep warm.

I've been reading some blogs online that I haven't read in a while, and I like to hear what people have been getting up to! Now I'm watching Los Hombres de Paco on Antena 3, but I can't truthfully say I follow it, nor like it. Too random for my liking. But like much of Spanish telly, it last forever, about 1½ hours for each episode. I'm gonna wait for Mire Usted as it's a random political piss take. Well, I like it. Sometimes it's random, but it's better than this. One moment their being held hostage in a bank heist, and now it's someone singing a random pop song. Then it'll go to a car park meeting and then some passionate kissing scene. Totally odd!

I've had some bad news from Mark too. My little hamster, Nublita, has died! *sob!* She was so cute with her little fat body and little face. She loved to run around in her ball and run in her little yellow wheel! :-( Not a happy bunny. We only really had her 7 or 8 months and I'll miss her when I come back. I like hamsters. They're easy to look after, and they are nice to hold and will soemtimes happily sleep in you hand. So Mark will sort her out, which will involved an undignified trip to the bin. When I was little, I used to bury my hamsters when they died. Mum told me she used to find their little skeletons when she did the gardening. She's random!

Well, I'm gonna be off now. Not actually had any tea, so I'll have a snack before I go to bed. Let's hope this week goes quick!!!

It's...

...6 days until we decorate the flat for Christmas
...10 days until I go to see Carmen in Gijón
...19 days until my birthday, and seeing Mark, and going to Barcelona!
...26 days until we go home for Christmas.
...39 days until I come back to Castellón

Well, that's all folks!!!

Ben xxxxx