Panto!!

I have been AWOL briefly due to the demands of the village panto. This year it was Beauty and the Beast and I was (mis)cast as Belle. It wasn't my favourite role as straight, romantic lead is a tad boring. Not much comedy in my lines although I did my best to shoehorn what I could in there.

However, I did have great costumes and was not roasty baking for the first time ever!! Do you want to see some pics??

Of course you do. Everyone wants to see me in the yellowest frock in the world!!

It went really well all in. Full nearly every night and great audiences. A fantastic aftershow party in the White Hart in Saturday night. We went up there in our costumes and then sang our songs and danced the night away.

Mostly locals but one table full of hipsters types out for a mountain biking weekend. There were a couple of Californians among the grouo who were fascinated by our quaint country ways!!  Many photos taken and vids shot.

It made me proud of our group and the village as a whole. Such a jolly, close community. I'm so happy we live here.

Diet wise, panto week is tough. Chaotic eating, going to the pub for a few drinks and food every night too. I kept it tight all week long but the double header on Saturday, aftershow party and clear up and cast lunch on Sunday put a strain on the back end of the week!!

Still, despite being absolutely exhausted Monday and Tuesday, I was back on it and managed a small drop to 15.8.25 this morning. I'm progressing at a snail's pace but I am progressing!! I've been running several times too....go me!!

I'm off to Iceland (the country, not the shop) with my old school pals, Jenny, Kirsten and Stephanie first thing Friday morning. Being cold is going to be a shock to the system after this glorious (but worrying) early taste of spring. I wish I had left an extra week between panto and Iceland though....it has been a hell of a rush!!

Also, I'm slightly annoyed to be missing a football match...the Sheffield derby no less. When we agreed on the date for our weekend away a few months ago, Wednesday was rubbish and losing more often than not. I wasn't worried in the slightest about missing watching us being thrashed by our local rivals. Now we have a new manager and a whole new attitude and we might even win! Gah!!

Iceland had better be good!!