Quick trip to London

Well, yesterday at work was pretty uneventful. Nothing too crazy to talk about. A database broke, I fixed it yadda yadda yadda. The good times [as always] were after work.

I left it a bit early in order to catch a train to London. The reason was, I was seeing a bloke I had not seen for 11 years! I was going to meet a guy called Thamer. He went out with my sister a long time ago. Well, 11 years really as I'm sure you can guess. He and my sister met when they were in germany and I was spending my first, last and only year in boarding school [shudder]. He popped over to Adelaide once which was pretty much the only time I met him.

We got on very well and have [very sporadically] kept in touch since.

He's now a Pilot for a very large and well respected airline company. He texted me saying that he was flying to london and would I be able to meet him for a drink?

Hell Yeah.

Fortunately he was staying at the Hilton Metropole which is within walking distance of paddington station. So no underground transport for me, sweet as. We met up and within seconds were shaking hands and laughing. We went for a quiet drink which basically involved Thamer watching me get battered while he sipped on his coke. Last time he saw me, I wasn't able to drink so I was making up for lost time.

It was great talking. He hosted me to a lovely meal at the Hilton where we continued chatting. Before I knew it, 4 hours had gone by and I needed to get back to try and catch one of the last trains. It was delayed which was a nice reminder why I now live out of London.

I didn't get back home until just after 12 where I just collapsed into bed.

I woke up this morning with a smile. Mmmmmm, sunday mornings are the best .. .. .. .. .. hang on, why would I set my alarm ona sunday morning? .. .. .. . oh crap I'm late for work .. .. .. sigh.

I need some more sleep. But it was worth it last night for catching up with Thamer.