A big Uh Oh!

Yes, it was my turn to be 50 on Sunday.  Now I really can't believe I've got to this age so quickly and other friends who've already got there agree.  As Terry Pratchett, a literary hero of mine, quite rightly points out "inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened". 

We were due to go to Laem Sing for the weekend with friends, but since Thursday it has barely stopped raining, so that idea was knocked on the head.  Our friends Juls and Wicus called in the afternoon and presented me with a lovely bottle of vodka and suggested we have a few drinks which is exactly what we did.

Tom, our local corner shop owner popped his head in and suggested we go to Timeless which is a bar near Big C when he closed up at 10pm, but before that he returned to the house with his guitar, Tan his Mum bearing flowers and one of the other girls with a birthday cake and I had the first of many "Happy Birthday" songs of the evening.  We all thought Mr John was behind it, but he assured us he'd had no part in it.

Timeless was a treat, there was a live band and it's right on the river and has a lovely setting.  We enjoyed some food and I was again sung "Happy Birthday" to.  Tom was invited on stage to play his guitar with the band.  I was also invited on stage to sign Hotel California - a favourite of Toms!  A minor road wreck as I'm no singer but very enjoyable, though I suspect less so for those listening.
 

It was then onto another bar where we caught up with other teachers Bex, Fraser, Paul, Will, Aidy and Mike.  Now I'm not sure of the name of the bar, but will work on that, however it's directly opposite Orbit near Big C and has a massive upstairs deck that's completely covered.  It is filled with tables and chairs and had a really good live band playing,  Everyone just gets up at their table and dances.  Yet again, and I suspect due to Tom, the band played "Happy Birthday".  We then popped across the road for a quick drink at Orbit before Tom took Mr John & I for some food before getting in at 3am.

Sunday called for a lie in, various phone calls from family and friends and ended up with a select few out for dinner at Kobs' bar. So it ended up being a fantastic weekend, even though the beach didn't factor at all.  Quite the opposite as the walk to the bar Sunday evening showed the river is up again and we're on flood alert.  Lucky we haven't taken the fridge off the desk yet!!