Party Til Dawn!
Last night an English friend of mine celebrated her birthday and invited me to join her and a group of friends once I finished work. Well, as you'll know if you follow my blog, I always work until quite late and last night was no exception. At half past midnight we still had 27 tables full on the terrace so I considered myself lucky to have finished work by quarter to 2! I left as quickly as I could, without joining in the traditional post-shift meal, to have a quick shower and change of clothes before meeting up with friends.
I got to the bar 'Corner Cafe' at 2:20 and my friends, who'd been drinking for several hours, were already quite well lubricated. I was knackered after being on my feet for 9 hours but after a couple of 'jarras', or large beers, I started to enjoy myself. It wasn't long before Julia, the birthday girl, suggested we go to the disco to dance. Well, by then I was up for an adventure so we set off for 'Meneito' a large open air disco at the edge of town. The music thumped loudly but was great and their was a really fabulous atmosphere, so I shook the cobwebs off and really enjoyed dancing the night away with friends. They were impressed by the number of Spanish people who 'Hola, Robert' and the blokes were especially impressed when the most beautiful Spanish woman I've ever met (sadly, the DAUGHTER of a regular at the bar) came over to kiss me on the cheek and say hello! I had to work Sunday night so as the sun started rising I left the rest of my friends on the dance floor and walked home. It was 7am when I finally crawled into bed! I was knackered all day today but I must say I felt young again last night!
In spite of my tiredness, I had a good evening at the bar. As the weather heats up, customers are starting to appear later and later in the evening but by 8:30 all of the 38 tables outside on the terrace were full. It was a lovely evening, with a nice breeze and very comfortable temperature in spite of the daytime high of nearly 40 degrees. I thought we'd never leave tonight because people just stayed out enjoying the weather but suddenly they all seemed to remember that tomorrow was a work day and home they went!
It's coming up to 3am and I'm off to bed now. I determined to remove all the tiles from my kitchen before I allow myself lunch! A mate who is modifying the electrics in my kitchen is coming round to survey the job as well. By evening, I hope to have removed all the old kitchen cupboards too. Tuesday morning, all going well, I shall order my new cooker and go down to the industrial estate to choose my new wall tiles. How exciting!
I was very surprised to receive an email yesterday from my friend Susie, a former colleague at North Primary School in Colchester. She reminded me of my wildly excessive leaving do and all the happy memories I have of friends and former pupils at the school!
That's all for now! Night, night!
- Posted by bobinspain on 02/07/2007.
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