Countdown to holidays (thankfully!)

I know that I called my last blog pre-holiday stress but double that by about 10 and that's how burnt out I feel at the moment. I haven't stopped all week and if I wasn't going on holiday in 4 days I think I would cry! Ross was away again last week - this time to Cologne so that meant I was left to do everything round the house at usual. I had a opera meeting in my house so had to get organised for that (I made sandwiches and everything!). We have so much preparation to do for our show but it's an interesting experience dealing with big theatres and trying to publicise a local amateur show when we are competing against all the big professional touring companies. On Wednesday I dragged my wee sis out to see a house with me. I was really impressed with it - 5 bedrooms(!), dining room and study on top of the usual public rooms. It really has an awful lot of potential - if I can persuade Ross because it is at the very top of our budget. The owner has a rottweiler and it was such a big cuddly friendly thing, it reminded me of my old dog Corrie, who was also a rottweiler. Afterwards we watched the Brits but I couldn't stop thinking about the house. I then started to think my mouth was getting sore so Donna had a look (she used to be a dental assistant) and said I had a wisdom tooth growing in. Perfect, I didn't want to be stuck with a sore mouth for my holidays so I got an emergency dental appointment the next morning and just said to them get the tooth out! 6 jags later the tooth was extracted (thankfully I didn't feel a thing) but I got laughed at something terrible when I went in to work afterwards as my face was all lopsided (I haven't had 1 day off sick since at started at BIG so I wasn't going to take a day off for a tooth!). Mind you, when it started wearing off I went rapidly downhill and my mouth still hurts today, 4 days later!
On Friday we went to the comedy club with my mum, dad, Donna and Neil - it was a good laugh. The best bit of the night though was catching up with my old school pal Juliet who was in town. Juliet was my best friend in primary school and I seemingly cried for days when she left in primary 3 to move to England! I hadn't seen her for several years so it was lovely catching up. To top it off, she announced she was 5 months pregnant! Really delighted for her.
On Saturday we went back to view the house, this time bringing Ross, my mum and my dad. My dad knows his stuff about houses as he is a painter and decorator (and general odd-jobber) and he was pretty impressed with the house. It does need a fair bit of cosmetic upgrading but it would be a great project for us. Ross was also taken aback at the size of it, but I'm still not sure what he thinks! Later I went to the hairdresser and got 5 inches taken off! I'm quite pleased with it because my hair looks a lot healthier but I miss my long hair! At night Ross went out with the boys and I had the girls over for cocktails before heading to the Buff Club for a boogie. My friend Reena brought round her cocktail fountain which was fantastic! It was great seeing the girls again, they are all a fab bunch!
On Sunday I caught up with my mum taking her for lunch as my dad is away to Portugal on a golfing trip and my wee sis is unwell (plus I will be away for Mothers Day next week). I took her round Xscape, she was all up for having a go on the robotic arm that throws you about the room! We then went shopping and bought a new PC as her computer is on it's last legs. She uses it mainly for her side job - running a genealogy company. See her website at http://www.heather-roots.com/. OK time to perk myself up, holidays are a-coming!