did I mention this hotel

did I mention this hotel is full of very scary people?
some sort of line dancing and ‘circle’ dancing convention for americans with very little clothes sense….
spent money in abercrombie for a change!

well last night [thursday] the

well last night [thursday] the taxi I had booked through work arrived at 8 to take me to the airport – the only flaw here being that my flight wasn’t until friday morning. So erm 12 hours early then. Luckily a cab turned up this morning too – I had visions of them not bothering to send one at all after the mess up the night before.
picked dave up from his in battersea and then on to the airport. It being comic relief the Virgin Atlantic staff were all kitted out in tee shirts and pants [the theme being say pants to poverty] and of course the obligatory man in womens clothing. He looked cute too – Gavin was his name – so if perchance you are reading this Gav – great legs šŸ˜‰
The nice lady took a look at Dave and gave us seats by the exit so that he had extra leg room – me being a short arse it never really bothers me but I must admit it was fantastic to have nothing for about 3 feet – maybe more – in front of me.
I thought whilst on the plane that I have actually spent more time out of the country than in it in the last month or so and by the end of this trip I will have spent more time in the US than london over the last 2 months. Another day another flight!
This was my first flight with Virgin in Premium Economy and I must say I was impressed the service was excellent and our hostess was brilliant.


When Dave and I arrived in Dulles we managed to get on the wrong courtesy bus [my fault I usually hire with hertz and work had booked avis] so he was not exactly inspired with confidence! Got to the hotel with no problems and checked in to what is going to be my new home for the next 2 weeks – unless i switch to a hotel in DC at the weekend. The Hyatt in Reston is actually a nice hotel – just it’s in the middle of nowhere.

So we settled in and then went on the wander around Reston as it is Dave’s first trip out here. It doesn’t take long. Outside Barnes & Noble though we got asked to buy Girl Scout cookies – now I know you always see this in the movies but to come accross two girls [plus mum keeping tabs on the cask and stock] selling Girl Scout cookies – well I was in fits. We both bought some though after the initial shock had worn off! I got a box of Tagalongs which look nice :o)
Had a really nice meal in the market street bar and grill which is the hotel restaurant. and then went wandering to buy books and stuff. trying to stay awake until around 11pm here so I do not wake up hideously early. I’m sure my body is going to give up on the time zone thing shortly anyway. A different time zone each week for the past 4 weeks :o(

scally [who no longer wants

scally [who no longer wants to be linked to since his boss stumbled over 8letters recently] blogged this fantastic site crapserve! it reminds me of the good old days when lastminute! where in the bad books and lostminute was the order of the day!

oh and Jack has an

oh and Jack has an ear infection now – I am feeling mighty guilty about leaving for the US in the morning and leaving him in the care of Fran. poor ickle mite!

dave at work just sent

dave at work just sent me an im with this little snippet
And if intelligent stories, witty dialogue and out-of-this-world production values aren’t enough to entice the uninitiated into Farscape’s orbit, the show has one last trick up its sleeve. “We’ve got alien sex going on,” Browder says, perfectly imitating the sideshow barkers of yore. “It’s hot, it’s sexy… it’s aliens!”

had a really nice conversation

had a really nice conversation with my ex tonight. he has put an offer in on a flat near me in streatham with a garden so that will be nice for Jack. he is going on holiday to thailand next week! I was wondering how he had managed to save enough for the deposit but he is getting a 100% mortgage so that answered that one. I was kind of worried about Jack when I first had him full time as it meant I could not go out as much and certainly could not go anywhere straight from work so missed all the leaving drinks etc. Now I have gotten used to it and am worried about him living with Nige more of the time – fickle us dog owners you know never can make our minds up what we want – oh and jack has an ear infection too to add to his woes this week – poor ickle mite.

dave-o wanted to know what

dave-o wanted to know what jack lookede like so here he is and for those that want to see him looking cute – but a larger pic then try this link

okay well I never made

okay well I never made it to the vet’s but Jack is much better again. Unfortunately I will be deserting him again for 2 weeks whilst I go off to the states with work.

I decided today that not being able to see has it’s advantages. scally and I went into hammersmith for lunch and whilst my glasses where being looked at by the opticians I wandered around Kings Mall half blind. well actually I have astigmatism so everything was just a little fuzzy! So this immediately meant everybody looked much better looking than usual. The only problem with this of course is that I did not appear more attractive to them :o(
In order to check however that the people I thought looked nice actually were nice I had to ask my ‘seeing eye homosexual’ for help. scally unfortunately [or fortunately depending on the timing] has very different tastes to me – so the moral of this story is get a seeing eye homosexual with similar tastes who won’t make comments like ‘yeah you would do him’

Okay Jack was much better

Okay Jack was much better this morning – he wanted to go out for a walk and was all spritely again [so relieved].
I am flying out to Dulles [just outside Washington DC] on friday afternoon and not returning until 1st April so that will be fun – my mate craig says to pack warm clothes as it is snowing :o( and Ithought the rain back here in London was bad :o(
Just chatting with Meg and Dave-o about their impending move to the new flat – it sounds lovely and spacious and bright. I can’t wait to go visit them and see it šŸ˜‰