*Hangs head in shame*

I know it’s been an incredibly long time since I wrote but I do have a good excuse. It can (almost) entirely be blamed on a certain half Greek man (let’s call him D) that has been monopolising (in the very best way) my time for the last 2 months or so.

Consequently, due to the lack of wishing to gush and gloat, I have had very little to write, but am going to try my best now!

Am on day three of a 2 week detox. As you tend do in the early stages of relationships, D and I found ourselves drinking at least a bottle of wine (more usually 2) a night, and I slipped into the rut of going to the pub every lunchtime so very soon starting feeling a bit over boozed. D suggested taking a two week break from drinking which I agreed to, maybe somewhat foolishly. So Friday night saw me drinking beer until the actual second before falling asleep, getting as much in as I could before the ban started. The weekend was actually not as bad as I thought it would be, and we even went for a pub lunch and drank sparkling water (even whilst the Catster was drinking wine). Quite proud of myself. Even more proud of myself for resisting after sitting on the very front row of the cinema for 28 Weeks Later. I am not generally a horror film fan, but I got forced to watch 28 Days Later and quite enjoyed it, and although the sequal was a good film, it was incredibly gory and I am slightly ashamed to say I did close my eyes quite a lot and I think D’s hand got a bit squashed at times. So could have done with a stiff drink after, but instead we went home, drank sparkling water (again) and played Scrabble. Oh so rock’n'roll.

Yesterday did turn out to be quite a games day – Skip Bo in the pub over lunch, Trivial Pursuit in the afternoon, and Scrabble later in the evening. I’m not sure that’s something to be proud of, and that it could be a sign of getting old, but then D has only just turned 22 and he seemed to enjoy it…

I think the hardest part of not drinking is actually going to be lunchtimes. I love the fact that the whole of my office takes a 90 minute lunch break, if you’re not a gym person, there is a not a lot to do other than go to the pub. We don’t have anywhere to sit in our offices apart from at our desks, and 90 minutes is a long time to try and fill with anything other than work whilst sitting at a desk. Hence why I’m writing today! And may be for the next couple of weeks on a more regular basis.

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