Well it has been a while.... a long long while. I haven't been able to log onto this blog because I got a new computer - lost the details then tonight in my infinite wisdom worked out how to log back onto it.
Live now that I am FORTY TWO has been busy and a challenge. The boy is a Uni doing a music degree, which means 4 more years of support. I left home at 16 - supported myself and was very independent. Hard to relate to.
My girls who are 13 and 15 are a major challenge, they don't have the same motivation as the Boy - Lazy like there mum. I just hope they can get it together and enjoy life.
I have just returned from the Bluesfest - OMG (yes I can use teenage acronyms if I want to - HANNAH) What can I say, it was the best time I have had all year. I intend to make it my yearly pilgrimage. Highlights were Buddy Guy, The Swell Season, Umphrey MgGee and hanging with my Cousin Jeremy and his partner Kristian. They are in there 30's and I could defiantly not keep up. Yes – this is me after 40 – so I can't party like I'm 35 any more. That's why I love the Bluesfest – you can take a camping chair – sit yourself down and appreciate the music. Am I old?
I just love watching live music. This year I also took the boy to the BDO. This was NOT the live music experience I was to repeat. It started out with the boy and two of his mate at the pub at 10 am in the morning... You see the boy turned 18 on that day so he could legally drink. Me trying to be cool mum said – let's drink! BAD MOVE. After two jugs of beer we wander down to the BDO at 11 in the morning. We walk in – go to the main stage and that was the last time I see the boy. Lucky I actually have other friends I caught up with, that was fun, I got to see Magic Dirt – who I have been wanting to see for 15 years. Then we tried to get into the Main Stage to see Lily Allen. This is where it all went very wrong. We got caught in a crowd crush. I managed to see Dizzy Rascal and lilly then I totally couldn't handle it . If it wasn't for a few text from a mate, I would of gone home. I lost my other mates and ended up on a hill watching Muse. Highlights – taking the Boy to the pub for the first time and buying him a drink. Dizzy Rascal singing Bonkers – my theme song at the moment and Magic Dirt. Never again will I go to a BDO – too many people – toilets were disgusting NOTHING like the bluesfest.
Other major highlight of my year was seeing “them Crooked Vultures” Josh Homes” is the best looking ranga EVER. I want and would have his babies. Promise to write more soon.
