Finally! A happy shaped blog! It’s been a while, but these last few weeks seem to have been kinda busy. Not sure why though, as I haven’t really done anything other than work.

Update about Mom: She had her first chemotherapy last Thursday and it went very well! The anti-sickness drugs really work! Mind you, as soon as she finished those she was pretty damn sick, but that only lasted a few days. It’s not even a week since she went in for it and already she’s back at work and back to her normal happy self. I know that not all treatments will go as smoothly as this one, but it’s a good start anyway and at least now we’re not totally dreading the next one. 1 down, 7 to go!

One HUGE change last month was that I actually got a BEETLE!!! I know, I know, I was going to save, wait until the end of the year and then “start” looking for something. Well, I am just too damn impatient! I started looking already in June and discovered that diesel Beetles (with the new back lights) are pretty hard to come by. I saw one advertised at the Car Shop in Northampton, which is where I got my Corsa so we went there to just take it for a test drive to see if I actually liked driving it. Needless to say that said Beetle is now resident on my driveway! Dad and I were both amazed at the condition of the car – no scratches, inside is as new (I swear no one has ever sat in the back seats before!) and it drives so well! Of course I was absolutely gutted to say goodbye to my baby-corsa… but all good things must come to an end. I wanted a car with electric windows and air conditioning… lol. Now the fun begins… I have a few things that I want to do (I’ve already had an iPod doc fitted hahah!)

Flower/butterfly/star decals. Haven’t decided which yet

Join the Beetle owners club

So yeah… all that excitement! Also been out with Squelle and Audra a couple of times. I forgot how great it was to go out with my friends hahah! Also seem to be going to the cinema a lot these days! I really need to get one of the cineworld-cards! In the last month I’ve seen Public Enemie, The Hangover and The Proposal. All of them were bloody fantastic!! Might have to go back and see The Proposal again tho… Ryan Reynolds is HOT!

Anyway, back on track! Laaaaaast week we went to the Rolls-Royce factory in West Sussex! I really didn’t know what to expect from the visit, I’ve never been to a car factory! But oh my goodness, it was nothing like what we’d all imagined it to be! It was clean, everyone was friendly and we actually saw just how hand-made these cars are! After lunch and our tour, we had a little drive around the Goodwood estate in one of the new Phantom Extended Wheelbase’s (you could throw a party in the back seat of that car, it was mahoooosive!)

Here is Sandra, Martika, me & Julian outside

And now continuing with the little list thingamy…

Song of the moment: Silly Really came blasting through my car-stereo unexpectedly yesterday morning. I forgot how fantastic the “groove” is! The bass is awesome too!
Currently Loving: Coke. Normal, fat coke.
Currently Loathing: being a bit poor… saving for a cambelt and service at the mo!!! but i will NOT raid my savings!!!
Currently Wishing: that Green Day’s new album wasn’t so shit. ah well, cest la vie!
Looking forward to: the Rally this weekend! Might go to the RHS garden in Harrogate and take pictures of pretty flowers if the weather is OK.

PS – pics of Helga (ze Beetle!) will come as soon as we have a relatively sunny day and I have the time to go somewhere pretty! Who knows, maybe this weekend!