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So Lauren asks: "Where are you hiding slink?"

Well, I've been hiding in various places throughout the Midlands and eating mass quantities of food at every available oppurtunity.

Friday: Went to work. On returning back home we tidy up of the flat to prepare for Niall's mom, two youngest sisters and brother coming to stay for the weekend. His mom and sisters arrived at about 8 and we ate Pizza.

Saturday: We trundle off to the Sealife centre in Brum; I LOVE that place. We have an ace time and then have a wander round the shops fora bit before eating in Wetherspoons. Then we head off to the airport to collect Niall's brother who flew over after a footie match or something. That evening we drive to Chiquitos for tea. I had my usual spicey chicken burrito with mexican rice, guacamole and sour cream, but I was soo full I couldn't fit in any pudding. I did managed to squeeze in a cocktail though. DEEElish.

Sunday: Niall's mom goes to mass in the morning and turns up about an hour late to have breakfast with us, before we head out to Cadbury World. We got there for 12, but only got entry tickets for 3 so we had a bit of waiting to do, but fortunately there's a few things you can do in the meantime... like eat dinner and see a few other exhibits. I left there having consumed a large pot of melted chocolate with biscuit pieces, with one caramel, chocolate buttons and dairy milk bar, and one cadburys T'shirt too. In the evening we went to the Harvester restaurant where I had a chicken and bacon stack with buttered potatoes and peas- too full for dessert. Nice.

Monday: I left for work in the morning. Niall's family left a bit later for the journey back home to Ireland. After work, Mum takes Niall and I to the local carvery where I eat a HUGE plate of turkey, gammon, yorkshire pudding, loads of veg and as much gravey as I can manage ot fit on the plate without it spilling over. Couldn't manage a pudding again unfortunately. By this point, I'm starting to reflect on just how much I've eaten over the last few days...

Tuesday: Mum, Dad, Vix and her friend were heading to the National Space centre in Leicester for a day out so I tagged along. It was all pretty cool though I was forced to go up to the top of this gigantic bubble thing in a glass lift!!! er... no... the slink does NOT do plummetting-to-death-type heights... well I did, but I was massively unimpressed about it... particularly since it was just to get my free admission ticket signed and stamped! (*Click me for pictures*) They didn't have many nice sarnies there, so I ended up eating a donut, crips and a chocolate bar for lunch.. well you know me, healthy as ever.

Wednesday: Usual day at work, though I had a really bad morning and wasn't at all well OR happy. To cheer me up, Niall suprised me by taking me straight from work to a posh restaurant a few streets away. After two Baileys, I chose, chicken liver parfait ( or pâté to the plebs) with ciabatta toast for starters; for my main course I had Fillet of pork wrapped in sage and pancetta ham with pomme anna ( sliced potatoes); and for dessert even though I was full, I had chocolate chip ice cream, mango sorbet and apple sorbet on a nice crunchy biscuit base... man it was all fantastic. I loved it... and it really cheered me up too.

So there we go... that's WAY too much food for one small person to take... but it's been pretty nice if not expensive!