My blog has been somewhat dormant since the end of April, I’m attributing it to the fact that I had a new job (same company), got myself a proper social life (the beauty of working normal hours) and that there have been a couple of other distractions too.

I also had the pleasure of turning twenty four, which so far has been pretty much the same as twenty three but with a better social life (again I think that’s down to the change of job not the age). As usual I managed to make sure that celebrations lasted as long as possible (3 days) Birthdays are a good excuse for people to party so I just like to let people make the most of using me as an excuse!

On the day of my birthday my parents and their best friends made it down to the big smoke, and we headed out for a meal in (you guessed it) Giraffe. Obviously I do love this place, but it’s my mother who’s become obsessive with it, you’d think there were no other restaurants in London. Other features of the long birthday weekend included the Red Hot Chilli Pipers, The Chelsea Flower Show, Kylie at the V&A, a fantastic 50s party and of course drinks at the pub, a few too many drinks. I managed to leave behind my bag containing presents and cards, but after a few seconds of panicking, when I realised I didn’t have it with me, turned back into my useful resourceful self and managed to sober up enough to call the pub when I got home, they kept it safe and sound. For a few seconds I was having visions of having to apologise profusely to people for losing what they had so lovingly bought me!

As well as increased socialising I have found that I have managed to watch/record all of my favourite programmes recently, normally I forget but somehow I have managed to see every episode of ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘The Apprentice’… and even most of ‘Any Dream Will Do’ since I discovered it (and Lee Mead) mid series. Actually the ADWD final on Saturday night has regressed me to some kind of teenage state, having developed a big crush on Lee. Thankfully I have not got to the stage of putting posters up or recording every TV appearance (it’s a decade since I gave up that kind of behaviour with Boyzone), it’s only gone as far as posting messages on Facebook (which lets face it pretty much encourages teenage like behaviour, poking each other instead of doing work!)

But now both ‘The Apprentice’ and ADWD have finished, Doctor Who only has three weeks to go, at least it’s summer so for a few weeks I can enjoy having a social life on Wednesday and Saturday evenings. Whatever happens I am not getting drawn into Big Brother this year, and will even resist the charms of Dermot O’Leary (unless of course I have nothing better to do and so might catch a few minutes of BBLB to top up on Dermot loveliness). If the weather’s rubbish and/or there’s no social life to be had it looks like I’m back to Friends repeats on E4 and my Sex and the City DVD collection.

I think I am now going to have to go and reflect on the fact that my current TV watching trends seem to be dominated by who I have celebrity crushes on (apart from The Apprentice, Sir Alan doesn’t really do it for me!) I feel like I’m fourteen all over again!!!