We did manage to get down to edinburgh to visit K this weekend :o) ...I thought it was cold here but the further south we got the colder and colder it got...Missed the turn off on the bypass so had to drive 4 miles before we could turn back...I hadn't gone in that way the last time so wasn't sure where to go really...The sign for the uni appears AFTER you make the turn off on some jumble of a roundabout <sheesh> G spied it and said mum we're supposed to have gone up there...Looked to my right and sure enuff i could see where the uni was...Well all he could do was giggle and giggle until we drove along, turned back and got to the uni...Wee toerag <ggg> ...We got there just as she texted to ask where how close we were now LOL...It was so so cold there that G actually put on his cosy jacket <shock> ...We went up to her room with her and i gave her the pressies i had with me...She loved the necklace she got from family friends :o) If you're reading this she is supposed to be sending a thank you email...She loved the pewter fairy my best friend gave her...Then i gave her my pressies...The tatty teddy with 18 on it she liked...She loved the earrings (different to the ones i put a pic of on here)...She really loved the ring :o) ...Got massive, big, tight hugs for them :o)
After she'd hung up more washing in her room she took us on a tour of the campus...We didn't manage that when we took her down there...Out the back from her halls is a wee loch or pond as K calls it...That morning it had been completely frozen over but it had broken up by then...Lots of ducks on the pond that were looking a bit on the cold side <poor things> ...K said she calls it the pond but most nickname it the swap LOL...It was a very pretty setting and not too deep...I think a lot of chucking people in the pond goes on, usual student high jinks...Then she showed us the block her boyfriend lives in...It does look a bit grimmer than her block...His is nicknamed the ghetto, her block is nicknamed hollywood...There is another block of halls that is nicer and is nicknamed beverly hills ROFL...They have swans wandering about and we saw them...They hang out down by the *ghetto*...Her fella is on the ground floor and they like to bash on his window...Then we spied a grey squirrel running across between 2 buildings...Apparently they have loads along with lots of rabbits...I've never seen a grey squirrel in the wild before...Shame i didn't have camera on me to take pics...She then took us into the building with the shops, bank, canteen etc...M was very impressed with the supermarket type one...Maybe because i bought him some crisps out of it <ggg> After that we all drove over to my friends where me and the boys were going to stay the night...The boys stayed there whilst i took K to asda shopping...I got lost again ROFL...Well i'd only been there once before and it was dark by this time and i was disorientated (my excuse :oP) ...So i got *mugged* in asda again LOL...Not on food as she has plenty to do her through to christmas...I ended up buying her a christmas tree and i am sending her down some decorations LOL...More bedding as she doesn't like the stuff the uni provided as it's too scratchy, toiletries and the like...She was looking at stuff to buy for xmas pressies but she didn't buy any as she hadn't taken her purse...Dropped her back at uni then went back to my friends...Her lad loved having the boys there again :o) Her and me watched Coyote Ugly which i hadn't seen before...Really funny film...Today made our farewells to them and went back to the campus...Ended up taking K to little chef of all places...Well she does love the pancakes from there so her choice...I met all her friends from her corridor in the halls today and they're all lovely :o) ...We didn't meet her boyfriend as he was away home for the weekend :o( Maybe next time <ggg> ...We got home safe and well not withstanding the eejit that decided to pull out in front of us and just missed my drivers door...Some terrible drivers out there...Not saying am exactly an angel at driving but i do have a modicum of sense...Got home to a freezing cold flat as guess who forgot to set the heating to come on LOL...So we had a good weekend and i am so glad i bought my robbie tickets via his inner sanctum...So many people i know didn't manage to get any...My life would have been a living hell if M couldn't get to go see him again...Off to be a saddo and watch I'm a Celebrity...I love those bush tucker trials LOL
Toodle pip, warp up warm and take care all xx
4 comments:
Pleased your all home safe and well ,and very pleased you had a good weekend with K,enjoyed looking round the campus its easier for you to visualise things now you know the geography of the place isnt it ,funny daughters can mug you into treating them isnt it?weve all done it !!Nice to see your friend again too,.......Jan xx
Caff it sounds a fun place where she is, I like the nicknames of the houses. A good weekend had by all and so pleased she liked her pressies. Have just come from the jungle lololol......lots of smiles. Rache xx
Are you serious you haven't seen grey squirrels before?
Gee whizz as they say they are all around here.
I'm so glad you managed to get down there to visit K :-) It sounds like you had a good time - shame you didn't get to meet the boyfriend I was looking forward to hearing all about him ;-)
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