For those who didn’t know, April 3rd is practically a nationwide teacher training day. It could almost be classified as a national holiday if you’re… a school kid.
But yeah, it means that fun things must happen since the powers that be have designated it as so. So what do I do? Well, get up at 2pm, that’s what. Yeah, it’s true I suck, but at that point I had nothing better to do.
Later on I was off to a house party. Now, Ben Redding, I hardly know. I mean, he’s in my computing class and he seems like a bit of a dude, but I can’t really say we’re close friends. So I was sort of surprised to be invited to a house party he was throwing. I mean, I’m not going to say no, am I. Alcamahol. Yay. :p
I was up at Weston Favell at about half three, just up there to get some money out to pay for my travel to and from Wales in a week’s time (Yeah. :/). I was spotted by John who casually invited me to go play badminton. I was hardly dressed for it with a trampy looking jeans and t-shirt, but I said yeah. I don’t want to be a party pooper. We played badminton. I mean, I had no racquet or anything, so I borrowed on off of Ben who apparently found it in a bin… nice.
I went back into Weston Favell after to try and find something to wear for this thing tonight, although after badminton finished most places were shutting. I had a gander in Burtons earlier but, well, there stuff was fairly expensive and mediocre. I went into Tesco (Yeah, hardcore Tesco) and went to look what they had. In the end I got this Turntable T-shirt and a couple pairs of new boxers, seeing as my current ones are apparently too boring. 
I got home, not realising the time. I needed to get ready, like, super fast. I rushed a shower and got ready. It annoyed me that I didn’t have any jeans that would go with my new top, which I had got specially. Shame. So I had to throw on the next best thing – Space Invaders T-shirt. Yeah. Nothing sets off the geek alarm better than Space Invaders.
After finding out Nadine could do with a lift, I drove to her mums house. She couldn’t leave for a lift before 8 because of her stepdad visiting. I pulled up just as he was leaving and her mum kept looking at me as I was just sitting there listening to music and eating a bread roll (which is now all over the inside of my car, for those who noticed). Apparently she thought that I was some sort of drug dealer, which is fair enough, but she’d seen me before. Obviously not that important to her. 
So yeah. We go via Sainsbury’s to pick up some things and say hi to the people in the Cafe, then head over to Simon’s house. We waited a bit for Simon’s brother in a awkward sort of moment with My Name Is Earl on the tellybox, but he eventually arrived. We walked to Ben’s house from Simon’s, which is literally a two-minute walk. Saves me being stupid a drink driving somewhere…
Then there was Ben’s party. It’s probably best to not go into much detail of that party, as most of the time it was Aaron just telling everyone to do stuff, Busted on the speakers and a radiator on the floor. The whole radiator thing sort of… killed the party off there and then. Yeah.
Nadine was forced to stay upstairs all by herself, which was a bit harsh. Any attempt by me to go see her was thwarted by Aaron having a go or James dump-tacking me to the sofa. I heard she got bored. It’s not nice to leave someone alone at a house party. I mean, come on, guys.
I got half an hours sleep on a laundry pile in Ben’s utility room after staying up to watch the dripping radiator. But it stopped, and everyone else awake went to sleep. I set out to take pictures of things that look like the letters in my name, but got as far as T and got bored.
Then we stayed and watched a good four hours of Takeshi’s Castle on Challenge. Hardcore.
So that’s what I missed a night out with my sister’s for. I think it was worth it, even if it was a night that’s best forgotten… :p
It was fun whilst it was fun…