You Wanna Be A Loser Like Me

Afternoon Bloggers,

My life feels almost complete, it had been 3 weeks before tonight that i had played football due to my idiotic injury, and although i had to play through some serious pain, (even just being in the net... i almost wept when booting the ball long) i had so much fun getting back into the game.

But it isn't just the fact that football is back in my life, no my friends, i am back on English shores, back home, after a brief visit to Newcastle i have found my way back to the land of Doncaster, and of course being back in England means one vital thing.... i have my English food fix..... Yum!!

Before i came away of course we had the winding down of Carnaval; the crowds got smaller and the parties got less lively as we made our way through the weekdays. Katie thankfully got better and the week, as a whole was good, plenty of time to relax, and build up to Matty's early 22nd birthday celebrations (after pancake day of course!!)

With a bus at 8a.m i was seriously not looking forward to getting wasted,but needs must, and 2 bottles of Rosé and many a Malibu and Coke later i was back to my drunken, argumentative state, losing the plot could describe what i got up to! If there is one way in which i  would never want to say goodbye to someone, trust me, its definitely not wise to tell them to get lost and not talk to you and you'd see them in a month... it wasn't big, it definitely was not clever and waking up the next morning at 7:15 after leaving Sarah in UMEC at half 5 and meeting Ash on the walk home to find bed at quarter to 6, it wasn't just the hangover that was bugging me.

After witnessing numerous people Phant from the night out, including the birthday boy, i wasn't in the best of moods waking up that morning, but when i remembered some of the horrors of the night before i knew amends had to be made.

Text after text after call was put through and eventually i got to apologise for my drunken rant, (but here is another sorry, maybe i miss arguing with you, maybe i miss you... maybe not :p )

But boarding a bus and a plane feeling still drunk, then continuing on the 15 hour travel journey, it seemed that although i had rid myself of the guilt, i was still not feeling too sharp! Leaving Cádiz at 8a.m and arriving in Newcastle at 11:30p.m after some gruelling travel meant that Friday (counting the early hours of the morning in the bar having a good ol rant) certainly was a day to forget, but a day that you certainly couldn't write! Comedy gold!

Arriving in Newcastle i was given the great pleasure of going to visit some old, and now some new friends in Stage2 at the students union, where Nortumbria Musical Theatre society had been rehearsing hard all day ready for the weekends performances of RENT! Greeted by hugs galore and sandwiched in between friends i hadn't seen since last University year almost brought a tear to my eyes! Further surpassed om Saturday when i got to spend the morning and early afternoon warming up with them, getting to know them, and watch a dress rehearsal before their 2:30 matinee performance. Unbelievable. Quite sublime. A dress rehearsal that went beyond anything i had been a part of before. Near perfection.

Saturday night came around, and after a Pizza Hut Delivery and Take Me Out, I was somehow convinced to go out. And so myself, Lish, Jimmy, Sparky, Dave, Sophie and Denise rushed to get ready and consume, yet again, more Rosé... i promised myself never again, but i guess just never again i will drink 2 euro Rosé in Cádiz.... maybe ;) A mini bar crawl followed by a lovely trip to McDonald's saw the night off, well that was until the movie-thon... Step Up (the first half as the DVD froze) and Porkys with Denise was the beginning of the end to a very weird, but wonderful night.

Sunday was the day i got to see the show. Meeting before with Becky, Lauren and George was a true pleasure, catching up was fun, but the real highlight, why the show of course. Musical Theatre at its univeristy best! Who needs huge budgets, elaborate costumes and expensive sets, when they have brilliant actors, oustanding vocalists and a top-notch band, matched by the superb direction of Olivia and Sarah, the show, i am sorry to say, beat last years performance of Fame, in which i played Schlomo, hands-down.

An After party spent getting to know the cast, a lot of whom i would be with next year in Musical Theatre, and with whom i turly could not wait to work with, true professionals and great people, some however, were not the greatest of drinkers!!

Newcastle was fantastic, great to be back in one of the world's greatest cities. But i did not appreciate the weather! Drizzly, Windy and Cold. :( But Donny was next on my list, after a Monday and Tuesday spent not doing much but catching up with people, which of course was top of my list!

Luckilu for me just an hour and a half train ride seperated me from being back in Doncaster! And as soon as i got back, i was greeted by a reminder of why i left.... Donny Train Station, chav central!! But fear not, as my sisters mini chariot awaited i was whisked back to Suburbia, back to Barnby Dun, and half an hour later, back to football. A 3-1 win later (a clean sheet should have occured if it wasn't for a cracking strike from nowhere that flew past me as i looked on helpless) (oh and it should have been 8, if Chris could put away his shots at more than a 1 in 10 ratio, and Jay and Patch could hit with their right and left feet respectively) i was back at home, bacon sarnie in hand, smile on my face, watching Chelsea go through in Europe in the central heated haven that was home :)

So for this week anyway, this week in which i have spent more time travelling than doing anyting of any significance, a week in which i have slept in approximately 11 different places (3 beds, 3 sofas, 3 buses, 1 plane and 1 train), and a week in which i have witnessed wonders, eaten amaaaaazing food, seen beautiful performances and caught up with great friends, i have to say goodbye. I wish you all a great week ahead, and until the next time we meet, enjoy everything you do and just be yourself.... and hey, i know that "You Wanna Be A Loser Like Me" ;)

But before i leave, i must say a few things;

To the guys in Cádiz, i hope you are coping without me, i miss you all dearly, apart from you Laura... The arguing is not missed ;) Matty i am sorry i missed your real birthday but at least you got the missus coming!

To anybody from RENT who manages to read this, you were, and i kid you not, amazing, quite simply superb! And your nights out were somewhat fantastic! I look forward to being a part of something wonnderful next year.

To the Newcastle crew, to Tori, James and James' lovely next door neighbours ;) i thankyou for your hospitality and the beds/sofas provided :) And to Lish, Sparky, Jimmy, Dave, Craig, Callum, Sophie, Denise, Callum, RENTies, (Anna, Olivia, Charlie, Fran, Ali and Sarah in particular), and to Lauren and Becky, thank you all for a brilliant and incredible long weekend in the Toon, i will not forget it and wish you all the best for the rest of the year and thoroughly look forward to next uni year with whoever is left around!

And to you vile, horid creatures in Donny, yes you; Chris, Simon, Matty, Mellor, Mazza and Luke, i thoroughly look forward to seeing you all and having a disgustingly brilliant time!

Happy Blogging :)

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