This was the worst week (from a training point of view) since the start! On Monday I was too busy to go to the gym. It wasn't a problem, plenty more days etc. On Tuesday I was busy working all day. Then Harrison was ill for the rest of the week, so as Harrison was off I couldn't leave him to go out. Yesterday Paul got the same thing so was laid up on the sofa all day. I thought I was made of tougher stuff, but I'm very wobbly this morning and won't be going too far today! I even missed the Sunday morning gym session that Harrison and I always go to. I'm hoping I'm back to normal tomorrow.
I started work early on Monday and was having a cuppa and checking facebook just before 10am when I noticed Peter Kay was doing a warm-up gig for 150 people on Tuesday night at the Lowry Theatre. Tickets went on sale at 10am, and he was doing it for The Haiti Disaster Fund. I clicked on the link, got straight through, and got 2 tickets! I must have been good in a past life. I read that people had been waiting for ages for 10 o'clock and didn't get through to the site. As Little Bro Ben works at Salford Quays I phoned him to see if he fancied it. He normally goes to football, but had a think for all of a second and decided he'd cancel. I went straight to the Lowry after my inspection and took Ben for a Chinese. There wasn't much choice (or not as much as Peking Court, which I suppose does have a massive choice) but what they had was lovely. I gave the seafood sticks a miss - they looked like cylindrical fish fingers but were actually deep fried crab sticks. They also had desserts, includng fruit. We went there as there was a queue at Pizza Express and I'm glad we tried it.
We got to the theatre early but couldn't find anywhere to sit for a coffee. It was heaving with people going to see Swan Lake, and something else that was having it's opening night. It all went well. I had to take the card I paid with and photo ID (Ben was worried as he said my passport didn't look like me. I didn't need him to rub it in. I'm devastated that it runs out next year and I'll have to get a more up to date photo). We waited outside the Studio Theatre (such a tiny theatre space) and managed to get a front row seat. Peter Kay was 10 feet away, and hasn't lost his touch. He did 2 sets, each should have been 35 minutes but he over-ran on them both by ages. He still talks about normal everyday things. He's got his nana an iPod (or to quote, th'iPod) that she had in a dock in the kitchen. She can't turn it on or off, so she has it on a loop and just turns the volume up and down.
A woman went to the doctors with a piece of lettuce sticking out of the top of her knickers. The doctor looked at her and said "I can see what the problem is." The woman said, "Oh no, that's just the tip of the iceberg."
It was amazing, a great night, and I'm really looking forward to seeing him at the MEN Arena in May.
I've been surprisingly sociable this week. On Thursday night Maryam Khan, our new Labour candidate, came round with about 500 envelopes to stuff. We had a production line going. I did the folding, Paul stuck the address labels on the envelopes and Nadine and her friend stuffed the envelopes. It took ages but was a job well done.
On Friday night Debbie and I went to a Race Evening. I wasn't sure about going but thought I should, and it was a good laugh. We put £1 on each race (last of the big spenders), got raffle tickets, and as we won a race with a big payout we ended up breaking even.
The sponsorship is going well. We are up to £252!
With a bit of luck I'll be able to post a proper training update tomorrow. It is getting a bit scary!
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