Shifts, TV and Americans! And a Sore Tummy... :-(

So, I haven't updated in the last couple of days because I haven't been doing very much... There was work on Tuesday, lots of TV catch-up yesterday and then more work and 'chillin' with Americans today.

My Tuesday shift was very good fun because it was for one of the Brit Awards after parties and I was on cloakroom, so got to chat to all the the amusing drunk people and even got £4.50 in tips! I also got on really well with the girl, Ana,who was on cloakroom with me. We have planned to go to some comedy and dancing together.

Yesterday, I woke up extremely late, caught up on Upstairs, Downstairs (very good) and Call the Midwife (beautiful) and managed to completely ignore about ten minutes of violent banging going on downstairs. About two hours later I heard Lucy's grandma's voice in the kitchen and put some clothes on before going downstairs so she wouldn't think less of me. I had a nice chat with her and discovered that she had been banging because the doorbell wasn't working. So I told her I hadn't heard a thing because I'd been asleep, feeling inwardly very guilty... After she'd gone I put my pyjamas back on and spent the rest of the day finishing Sorority Girls (actually quite disturbing) and starting New Girl (AMAZING).

Today, did a lunch shift near Edgeware Road (and was relieved to see that a chef I once went on an embarrassing date with wasn't there). I finished Dead Famous on the way home and was relieved that (unusually for Ben Elton) it ended fairly happily and satisfactorily. Back at the house, Lucy introduced me to her American friend, Hannah, who said she was going to the pub to meet a group of other American friends (all men, most of them with beards, three of them just back from serving in Afghanistan) while Lucy was at work and that I was welcome to join them. So, after showering and changing into something more summery (it was SO warm today!) I sauntered along to the Falcon, espied them all easily, as they were the only people there, and let Hannah introduce me to them all. They all seemed quite lovely and one of them even kissed my hand, which was nice! They all talked in some kind of generic Scandinavian accent for most of the time so that people wouldn't think they were 'asshole Americans'.

After a while we all went back to the house and Hannah made amazing cheesy rice and I tried (and failed) to learn a New York accent, and then Lucy came home and made equally amazing pasta and meat balls and then I started to feel really ill (and just for the record, I had been feeling a bit ill since the night before. I wasn't suffering from trying to keep up with the American's drinking, as they suggested. I mean come on, I'm British, I know how to drink!) so I went to bed and didn't say bye to anyone. I feel a bit guilty about that now so I hope I see them again!

After lying in bed groaning and trying to go to sleep for a bit, I started complaining to Josh and Damien on Skype and Facebook respectively. They were both very sympathetic and indulged me in my love of Facebook chat emoticons/were equally as excited about them as I was! Eventually we all had a Skype conference call and watched the first episode of Bucky O'Hare. It ended on a massive cliffhanger and we were going to watch the next episode but a) I was tired and b) Lucy came in and told me to be quiet because Sofi was sleeping (I'd had headphones in and had forgotten my voice still made a noise) so, much to Josh's disappointment, I left the conversation, which I felt quite guilty about. Seriously, so much guilt over the past few days! I really would make quite a good Catholic...

Anyway, I still feel ill and it's very late so sleep time. I really hope I feel better by tomorrow because my friend, Georgia's coming round and I need to tidy my room!