Get me.

I don't remember promising myself I'd make more of an effort to be sociable/not a hermit. But apparently lately I am?

Maybe it's an avoidance from writing, or procrastination from choosing my next book, or because the weather's getting good or I feel I need more life experience or I just realised a few days ago I should make more of an effort with the people I care most about ... but I seem to be accepting invites out/inviting myself along on trips lately.

I went to Thorpe Park yesterday, with a couple of girls from work. Last time I went was about 6 years ago, when Thorpe Park was starting to get good (I remember going at 13 and not being very impressed ... we went around the farm bit, on Loggers Leap, and spent half the day on the beach bit they have. There wasn't much else, the only other good bit then was the rapids, and they were closed) but it's gotten so much better lately.

We did all the rollercoasters we could - Stealth was shut, they kept running tests but we never saw anyone go on it, otherwise we would've been on it! Went on the saw ride twice, and colossus, and rush, and detonator, and quantum, loggers leap twice, rapids, tidal wave ... and the carousel (we're awesome!). It was gorgeous weather, but everyone else got burnt and I went a teeny bit brown. Actually, now I'm looking, I'm slightly pink so maybe I burn on a time delay?

We did one stupid thing though - we went in Saw Alive. Which is a 'maze' and you walk around, and actors dressed as dead bodies jump out at you and touch you and someone comes at you with a hook and there're body bags and gates that open out at you and it smells of rotting flesh (and my clothes still do) ... I've never been one for gore, but I'll do anything once ... I've never screamed so much in my life. Or told people doing their jobs to eff off. But ... there's a reason I don't like that sort of thing. And I was at the very back of our group, you get the last grab *shudders* it turns out, in pitch black, I don't like animated corpses touching me. Who'd have thought? Oh, and I jumped so much I've scratched up my arm. I paid in flesh Jigsaw, I paid in flesh ...

Anyway ... I'd totally do a day like that again. Minus the maze. Plus a couple more people from work?

I'm sorry I've not updated this as much as I have previously. Between a sudden social life and proof-reading the crap I've written so far, raising my kid and doing a fulltime job ... I've not had much of a chance to read/think/spend much time on my computer, unless I want to go without sleep I guess ...