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Heartbroken

I haven't really updated lately as I have had a lot going on in my personal life. My bf and I have as good as broken up. I no longer will be moving in with him on March 6th, which really does leave me with a big predicament. A week and a half to find somewhere to live. It's scary!

I feel crushed. I loved this guy more than anything. He was funny, intelligent, witty, adorable - but he has issues with me that are big enough for him to question our relationship and possibly end it. It all started from an argument over a week ago where I was drunk and I shouted at him. We argued and the following day he told me to leave the flat as he needed time to think. This was a week yesterday. I saw him yesterday, hoping for a positive decision, but I got asked to move on and move out instead.

Everyday last week I have cried. I have shed so many tears, I can't believe they are stil coming. I feel worse that the time that we split up for 3 months about a year and a half ago. With my new job and everything, this is not that well timed... But I will still give 100% to my job as it's very important and the chances to make good money are very high there. I really want to make everything work. In January, I had a 2007 plan and that was to move in with my bf, start to become stable, earn good money and progress in my life. Right now, the first 2 things seem almost impossible and all I have left now is the job, and I mustn't let that go as well.

This morning was awful. As I saw him yesterday, I was able to have a decent sleep for once, but when I awoke this morning, I felt incredibly lonely and sad. I had a massive space in my chest, in my heart... It was once filled with him... and now - NOTHING! My confidence has plummeted and I feel lost. I know I am strong though and can get through this, but that is also going to come with time. I need to keep myself busy and try not to be so weak.

Anyway - enough moaning. My friends must be bored of my moaning by now

Ciao

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My time at Opera - What a weekend!

Last week as many of you might have seen from my FluffyBunny blog - I visited the Opera Software offices! The post on FluffyBunny is more about my day at Opera, so I thought I would update with my time at Opera and my experience in the beautiful Norway.

This post will telly ou about my day at Opera, so I won't bore you all with that story again. It really was a great experience meeting the people that I have talked to for so very long! Everyone was so nice to us and made us feel very special! After the Friday beers, we were taken to dinner. We went to a nice little Thai restaurant called Gio which isn't too far from their offices smile The food was good and we had a ball, laughing, joking, taking pics etc. After the restaurant we went to someones house for a party. Poor guy must have had a major clean up job the next day, because there were loads of people in his house! We finished the night off at a metal bar in Central Oslo!headbang It was.... ummmm... an interesting place! lol

Saturday was very exciting. Stacey, Tor, Thomas and Eivind took us up the mountain to go sledding. My bf and I shared a sled and it was the funnies thing I had seen in ages - He kept falling off the back and rolling in the snow! He came away with a few bruises on his bum, but I was fine bigsmile (of Course wink) The day was topped off with another lovely dinner. We were also joined by Tors lovely wife Manju.

Sunday was a day of sight seeing. We had lunch in central Oslo before making a move. We drove around looking at all the sights, we visited the Fram Museum, which is a museum that is built around a boat. It was all very beautiful and very interesting. Later in the day, being the true Brit I am... We whatched the Football! lol! Tottenham Vs Man Utd, followed by Real Madrid vs Levante. I am pleased to say Real Lost! WOOP WOOP. We had some grub then said our goodbyes and it was back to the hotel for some much needed sleep.

Monday was much like Friday - I just spent time with Espen finding out cool things about the community etc... So all in all I had a great trip. It really will be remembered forever and I am honored to have been invited. Thank you Opera for being so generous and entertaining.

L xx

Uninteresting weekend

I haven’t done much this weekend. I have been a little stressed and a little annoyed with not hearing about the job. What can I do though? There is nothing I can physically do to make them take me on. Anyway… Yesterday my bf and I went to Canary Wharf and did some shopping. I bought myself a cd and some bits and pieces that I needed. My Mum bought me a new featherand down duvet - Very Luxurious. I can’t wait to get it p

Today I was in CW again - I saw these lovely Timberland Knee high boots. I think I am going to get them, they are half price from £120 to £60 smile NOt bad eh… My bf is calling to get them put aside and I will pick them up tomorrow evening. I really hope I like them again when I see them as I think it’s one of those shops that only ever give you a credit note if you return them. I hate that!

Anyway… Work tomorrow. I am so uninterested right now sad I had a busy and hard week last week and only got 1 deal, loads of offers though. That should count for something I would have thought.

Well I hope everyone else had a good weekend!

Lots of Love

Absence

Hi Guys

I just wanted to let you know that if my posts are irregular at the moment, it's because I haven't had much time to log on. I am working in a different, busier office for the next 2 weeks, so I will update when I can.

I have re-launched my personal website blog - FluffyBunny, so there may be posts there from time to time, I will try and dulpicate them here as well to make it easy for everyone!

Anyway - Will update real soon!

L xx

Happy New Year

Happy new year to everyone. It has been an interesting 2 week period for me. Up's and downs, but luckily more ups than anything else smile

Chrismas was spent with my family. It was a joyous day and we opened our presents, had a laugh and ate some great food. Not to mention a bit of a tipple. My family liked their presents, thank goodness. It was a tough Christmas as I didn't have much money as I went on holiday not long before. But what people forget is that Christmas is not about presents. It's about the birth of Jesus and our festivities are there to rejoyce this happy event.

Moving on from Christmas, Boxing Day was spent as always at my boyfriends parents house. It was a little more crowded this year, but still a success.It was great to see him Mum and Dad again and his mum made a wonderful Chrismas dinner. I opened more presents which were lovely! We played games and watched some old movies. The only bad thing about the day was at the end, when I realised I had caught the flu that had been 'going around'. I drank a hot mug of Beechams and we made our way back to my bf's.

The stint between the new year was a poorly one. I spent a bit of time in bed unwell... or just not doing much and wondering the shops. We had a wedding to go to on the 30th which was lovely, although the night ended with my bf and I having a pretty big row, due to me consuming, that little bit too much alcohol. The next day I spent alone at my parents. My bf didn't want to see me and decided against going.
Which is fair enough I guess - I was to blame afterall.

One thing I forgot to mention over the time between Christmas and New Year, my boyfriend finally asked me to move in with him. After three and a half long years. It has been all I have wanted. I practically live there anyway. So I have now handed in my notice to my flat and at the begining of March, if not sooner, we will be living together bigsmile What a way to start me year cheers

New year was good apart from the fact that I was REALLY ill. Although not drinking, I threw up twice. It was a good thing I didn't drink in fact, or I would have been a right mess! As I was driving and very much sober, it wasn't the most enjoyable thing to watch everyone get SOOOOOO horribly drunk. But all in all, the night was very enjoyable, just a pity about the illness.

So that was my festive holiday smile

The only other news I have is that I have bought and Apple MacBook and I can't wait to get it. It got dispatched yesterday and I should recieve it any day now!!! eeekkkkkk - I am sooooo excited!




L xx

Merry Xmas

I would like to wish all my friends on Opera a Very Merry Xmas and a Prosperous New Year. I hope 2007 brings you many happy times and good fortune.

I was tagged earlier this week by my online hubby Dan. It has taken me a few days as I have been thinking about my answers so here goes- 5 facts you probably don't know about me:-

1. I am a great fan of ballroom dancing especially the latin side of things. I am hoping to start salsa classes in the new year and am very excited about this! smile I have also been watching Strictly Come Dancing on BBC1 and my favouite couple won! Way to go Ramps!!! (Mark Ramprakash and his partner Karen!)

2. I love vampires. The books, films... they are just facinating! In fact, I wanna go to Transylvania for my next holiday (after Norway in Feb that is). I used to read the 'Last Vampire' books by Christopher Pike which would just whisk you away from reality. I never wanted them to end and they could be pictured as if it were happening right there and then. Signs of a fabulous writer.

3. My first car was a Rover Metro.It was British racing green and had electric windows and alloy wheels - I named it Trevor after the guy from O-Town too... ha ha. Yep I am just a little crazy, but he is scrumptious.

4. I used to go to Karate when I was younger and competed in the all Ireland Championships. My best position was 4th in all Ireland at Kata. I was really proud of this and would have got a medal if it wasn't for my Sensai's daughter marking me down. I was gutted!!! Even more so when he told me that she had made a big mistake by doing that as there was nothing wrong with that angle sad Dammit!

5. Finally, my last fact is... I didn't have my first kiss until I was 16 worried I was really nervous and it was with some guy who used to work in a couple of shops down from where I worked at the time. It was my only kiss with him as we didn't last long - about a week ha ha! I bumped into him 2 years down the line, where he introduced me to his... wait for it... yep u guessed it... BOYFRIEND!!! ... Hmmmm... maybe I shouldn't have admitted that last bit lmao!

So there u have it... Now to Nominate my 5 people:

1. My good friend Espen

2. My crazy friend Thomas Ford

3. My Arsenal Buddy Q-Ell

4. The Lovely Stacey

5. The Yummy YUM!

There u have it - have fun guys smile

L xx

Time Out!

Hey Guys

I am gonna take some time out for a bit. I will be back soon though. I don't know when sad

I will be checking my messages here and email, so keep mailing me!

May I take this opportunity to wish you alla very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!



L xx

A mixed one - once again!

I had somewhat of a strange weekend. Generally... it was ok. Friday my bf was supposed to go out. I had expressed that it would be nice to see him, so whilst I relaxed at his place, I received a text telling me that he was going to cut his evening short to spend it with me. Nice, I thought! So he said he's call me in 30 mins. In typical male fashion, I got a call just over an hour later telling me that he's on his was home. Happy but a little disgruntled, I made us dinner and we had a relaxing night in.

The following day was again a mixed one. After waking up really happy and rejuvenated, I logged on to my laptop. I was just waking up and he was running around doing chores. Having worked the weekend before, I was most definately going to take the first couple of hours up easy. Next thing I know, he is being nasty telling me I am lazy and that I do nothing! I was like WHAT??? So I made a cup of tea and went upstairs as I was upset. After 15-20 mins he came up and apologised and we set off to get on with our day. We went to Canary Wharf to shop and I managed to get a few things for people. Later that evening, our friend Tim came down and we went to dinner. It was really nice, but unfortunately I had to drive and was unable to take advantage of the alcohol at the table. A little annoying.

Sunday was a bit of a better day. I went to Canary Wharf again and I bought myself a new book. Believe it or not, a cook book! It's Gordon Ramsey Makes it Easy...and must be one of the best cook books I have seen!!! I decided to cook on Sunday evening and I was very excited. The good thing about the cook book is that it comes with a DVD, not that I have had the chance to watch it yet. Anyway - Last night I made fish with rattatoulie and square chips smile Tasted great and everyone enjoyed cheers

So that was it smile

Speak to y'all later!

L xx

A nice night

Well I had a nice evening last night. Just chilled at my flat and played around on my computer! Was good!!! I am a little tired though this morning. I have to go out tonight with my work colleagues too. I really wanna get an early night more than anything. Oh well. I am not seeing my bf again today or tomorrow. sad Crap! Oh well! If I'm lucky, I might see him for lunch as he's got a half day smile




An annoyance?

I sometimes think I am really annoying to people. Maybe it's my self confidence (there isn't much of it), but it annoys me how other people get what they want, when they want. It must be down to confidence and people like that in them. I try to be confident, but it never really works. I think it just ends up putting people off me... I don't quite know what the deal is!!!

Bah - I know I am probably being stupid, but I don't have many friends... It take me ages to trust someone enough to call them my friend. So when it comes to my bf... Maybe I can be a little insecure, but essentially I do trust him. I am just scared of losing the people I care about so much as there aren't many.

I love my.opera.com because I have met some great people that get to know me for who I really am and they have always given me great advice. It's a pity they aren't here in person sad

Well... I guess at the moment, I am feeling a little low... I wanna feel loved. Loads of people I know are moving to the next stages with their partners and stuff and although I feel that I do everything I can, maybe I AM doing something wrong. Dammit, I know I shouldn't be thinking lilke this, but I guess everyone wants to be loved and know it. sad I am happy.... I just wanna be loved.

I'll stop my rant - It probably made no sense to you guys anyway!

L xx