A great weekend followed by a hectic week. Friday - my birthday - saw a trip to work for a meeting that couldn't wait, and then I spent the afteroon with Mum, Dad and M choosing a new sewing machine. Got a lovely Pfaff model which I tried out making a pair of trousers last night - it sews like a dream.
Friday night Ed and I headed out to Mari e Monti for dinner. It was delicious and we had a lovely surprise as friends had arranged a bottle of wine for us. We went to the new microbrewery after that and drank some very fruity lager. Bumped into a friend who is hoping to ski for the British Paralympic Team - go James go!
Saturday Mum and Dad set off for Sheffield and Ed, me, M and friend Sarah drove down to Brighton for Jen's hen do. We said farewell to Ed and M and joined the hen crew. Lunch at a Morrocan bar was followed by a recording session where Jen laid down the Shoop shoop song and Girls just wanna have fun with us all on backing vocals. What a top idea for a hen do! The evening was spent in the company of the Adonis Cabaret - need I say more. Check out the 23/6/07 pictures on www.adoniscabaret.co.uk
Sunday morning dawned relatively clearheaded for me - I think I had reached my beer limit after Wednesday's excesses. Sarah wasn't feeling so good though!
This week has been manic, with preparations for a seminar and the dreaded ring round to do. Unfortunately there seems to be a rash of holidays at the moment - or maybe I'm just not persuasive enough... the paranoia of the PR bunny... but I've got a couple attending, and a few pre-briefings etc.
Being in house, but not having an agency, does rather mean you have to do everything, from identifying the story, drafting all collateral, setting up briefings, arranging a venue, briefing the spokespeople and occasionally BEING the spokesperson - which I only tend to do over email actually, as I can't think on my feet fast enough! It has its benefits, as I reckon we can react faster than those working through agencies, but 3.5 days per week is not a lot of time each week to do this, plus all the internal comms stuff.
Oh well, holiday week after next. Marvellous.
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