Mark visits and COMING HOME!!!

Olá a todos!

How are we all at the moment? Good I hope. Well, as the title says, Mark is currently visiting at the moment. He's keeping me sane and e're going out doing nice things like walking on the beach, sitting having an ice cream on the promenade, visiting monuments etc. It's *so* nice doing things like that with him! It's much better when there's two fo you!

We went to Rock in Rio which is a music festival in Parque Bela Vista near the Airport. It was good. Although, I really wanted to see 2 Many DJs, but it turns out that they were on at 2:15 in the morning, and the last metro back to the train station was at 2:35, so I didn't get to see them!! I was well annoyed! We only got to see Kasabian, Da Weasel (some shite rap/rock band from the other side of the river) and Red Hot Chilli Peppers. It was nice to do something different for the evening, and s Mark said, people watching can be fun! It was very dusty though, and on returning home, I looked like I'd been down a mine!

Also, I've sorted out my journey home FOREVER! I'm coming home on 14th July for Geordie Jo's engagement party on the 15th. I was originally going to come back to Lisbon for a couple of weeks, but I've decided against it and cancelled my flights for 1st August, got a partial refund and rebooked Mark's flights so he can come and help me pack/move. So all in all it's ended up being about £70 to change it all over - but what's the point of a credit card if you can't use it?!

So yes, I'll be home forever on 14th July - make a note in thyne diary!

I'm looking forward to being back. Lovely as Lisbon is, the truth is, I'm missing everything about home, so I might as well cut the stay short by two weeks! lol

I sent an e-mail to Jacquie back at ye olde Lowry to see if I can have my job back. I'm slighty doubting that I'll be given anything - we'll see though, I might be wrong! I'm going to apply to some other jobs too, just to keep my options open!

Well, I'll be off then!

Ben xxx