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Sat up until 3 yesterday morning clearing my e-mail mountain, stopping to raise a glass at 01:02:03 04-05-06 because I love that sort of thing (as does Daniel, who was delighted when I rang him half an hour before to tip him off - though we had to talk in whispers as he had a room full of sleeping French students) and because it made my birthday interesting.
Then had to haul myself from bed at 7, to spend my birthday running the committee rooms (in our living room) for my mother's Council election. Actually it made a nice change from being at my day job, just ticking voters' numbers off on knock-up pads and sending people to do car calls to voters and pick up and drop off number-takers. It was like Piccadilly Circus all day with the volunteers constantly coming in and out, and the phone never seemed to stop ringing, but there was plenty of free time for me to watch telly and take periodic much-needed naps. At 12.30 my mother sent Jade's uncle Neil, one of the volunteers, up to the chippy to fetch us all lunch.
I texted a request to The Quay during the morning saying it was my birthday and asking them to play All This Time by Michelle. At lunch time I heard the DJ mention my name, but they didn't play the song - I didn't hear their explanation why because of my mother and the volunteers yak-yak-yakking :(
Meanwhile, most people gave me money in their cards instead of gifts, to help me with the Swiss trip, though I inevitably got the usual Jaffa cakes from Gran and the parents also threw in a box of Pizazz chocs. During the day Ann, Aunt Cynthia and my cousin Jacqui all dropped by to say happy birthday.
Watched the Allo Allo/Fawlty Towers double bill on BBC2, then it was 8 pm and time to send everyone out on their last round of knocking-up. The volunteers came back just before 9, all of them having successfully persuaded a few more people to go out and vote, then they went home and I was left to watch the start of The Two Ronnies on ITV3 - but only the start, as it was soon time to wash and change into my suit ready to go to the count. Just before we left I got a text message from Jade, whose dad was also up for re-election, just saying hello and 'see you at the count'.
From the moment they poured the votes out to count them into bundles, it was obvious my mother had won easily. During a lull in proceedings I went over to the table for Jade's dad's ward to talk to Jade. She hadn't known it was my birthday, so when I casually mentioned that it had been 'a different way of spending my birthday' she was a bit shocked but wished me a happy one. Her dad added 'Happy Birthday - what's left of it!' as it was past 11.30 by now.
My father's result was one of the first wards to be declared; he'd won comfortably and got a load of us to go out into the hall when the result was read, so we could make a bigger cheer than a winning candidate from one of the other parties had earlier. We managed that all right. We stopped to hear all the wards read out, chatting to all the people from our party in between declarations. The last ward was called around 1.20 am. Then we drove home, had a quick cup of coffee and watched some of the national TV coverage for a little while, but me ma and I both turned in before too long, though my dad stayed up watching the telly most of the night as usual.
No lie-in today, though - up bright and early to go to the Rose Bowl and watch Hampshire bowl Middlesex out soon after lunch (in my case, first class roast beef and veg including red cabbage) leaving Hants needing to make just 18 runs. Unfortunately I'd left my FourFourTwo on the train getting off at Hedge End this morning and I'd only read about a quarter of it, so had to splash £3.99 on a new one in Fareham on the way home :(
Crashed out for an hour after tea. As my mother's re-election means she'll be Mayor for the next 12 months with me as her official consort, I spent the evening helping her organise our social diary for June. Then pottered upstairs to watch Smith and Jones. The sketches are still every bit as funny; great to see the Gandhi song again.
Then had to haul myself from bed at 7, to spend my birthday running the committee rooms (in our living room) for my mother's Council election. Actually it made a nice change from being at my day job, just ticking voters' numbers off on knock-up pads and sending people to do car calls to voters and pick up and drop off number-takers. It was like Piccadilly Circus all day with the volunteers constantly coming in and out, and the phone never seemed to stop ringing, but there was plenty of free time for me to watch telly and take periodic much-needed naps. At 12.30 my mother sent Jade's uncle Neil, one of the volunteers, up to the chippy to fetch us all lunch.
I texted a request to The Quay during the morning saying it was my birthday and asking them to play All This Time by Michelle. At lunch time I heard the DJ mention my name, but they didn't play the song - I didn't hear their explanation why because of my mother and the volunteers yak-yak-yakking :(
Meanwhile, most people gave me money in their cards instead of gifts, to help me with the Swiss trip, though I inevitably got the usual Jaffa cakes from Gran and the parents also threw in a box of Pizazz chocs. During the day Ann, Aunt Cynthia and my cousin Jacqui all dropped by to say happy birthday.
Watched the Allo Allo/Fawlty Towers double bill on BBC2, then it was 8 pm and time to send everyone out on their last round of knocking-up. The volunteers came back just before 9, all of them having successfully persuaded a few more people to go out and vote, then they went home and I was left to watch the start of The Two Ronnies on ITV3 - but only the start, as it was soon time to wash and change into my suit ready to go to the count. Just before we left I got a text message from Jade, whose dad was also up for re-election, just saying hello and 'see you at the count'.
From the moment they poured the votes out to count them into bundles, it was obvious my mother had won easily. During a lull in proceedings I went over to the table for Jade's dad's ward to talk to Jade. She hadn't known it was my birthday, so when I casually mentioned that it had been 'a different way of spending my birthday' she was a bit shocked but wished me a happy one. Her dad added 'Happy Birthday - what's left of it!' as it was past 11.30 by now.
My father's result was one of the first wards to be declared; he'd won comfortably and got a load of us to go out into the hall when the result was read, so we could make a bigger cheer than a winning candidate from one of the other parties had earlier. We managed that all right. We stopped to hear all the wards read out, chatting to all the people from our party in between declarations. The last ward was called around 1.20 am. Then we drove home, had a quick cup of coffee and watched some of the national TV coverage for a little while, but me ma and I both turned in before too long, though my dad stayed up watching the telly most of the night as usual.
No lie-in today, though - up bright and early to go to the Rose Bowl and watch Hampshire bowl Middlesex out soon after lunch (in my case, first class roast beef and veg including red cabbage) leaving Hants needing to make just 18 runs. Unfortunately I'd left my FourFourTwo on the train getting off at Hedge End this morning and I'd only read about a quarter of it, so had to splash £3.99 on a new one in Fareham on the way home :(
Crashed out for an hour after tea. As my mother's re-election means she'll be Mayor for the next 12 months with me as her official consort, I spent the evening helping her organise our social diary for June. Then pottered upstairs to watch Smith and Jones. The sketches are still every bit as funny; great to see the Gandhi song again.
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I've never ever been canvassed at my door by any party for any election, despite having lived in my home for more than ten years. All I had this time was a Labour leaflet through the letterbox from the Ealing and Acton branch, which is a completely different borough to the one I live and vote in. They strongly encouraged me to vote for candidates who weren't actually going to be on my ballot paper. Whist the other parties, as ever, didn't bother at all. Hmmm...
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Happy Birthday!
It's cool both your parents won, shouldn't you try to run, too? :-D
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