26 October 2003 | 7:30 p.m.,

laughing and more laughing - one of THOSE entries

What a day. I was tired this morning despite my extra hour in bed. Which I actually spent awake before going back to sleep and having a weird dream about trying to get money from the ATM but I kept getting my pin number wrong and then I was in a pub and John Cusack walked in. There was more to it but thats the only bit I can remember.

Anyway, I was tired so I took two yeastvite when I got to work at 6am. Then I took another two about 3 and a bit hours later, cos my eyes were struggling to stay open. My head was a bit buzzy for a while but not in a good way. More like I was going to faint!! THEN I had a bottle of bloody Irn Bru [bad idea really but they had no Fanta Fruit Twist left..] at lunchtime.

I am quite giggly anyway but if I have too much caffeine, even more so if I'm tired, it makes me REALLY giggly. To the point that I find the slightest amusing thing hysterically funny. And continue to laugh for about half an hour at everything anyone does or says.

So given I had HUGE amounts of caffeine today, thats the kind of mood I was in. Among the things amusing me today were:

- Old D saying telephone dictionary instead of directory

- old D saying that an old mate of his from the army signed up to be a masonry [I was assuming he meant mercenary but who knows..]

- a bizarre conversation about Norman Schwarzkoff and whether there would be anyone of that name in the phone book which ended up being about the 118-118 guys. The whole thing started because I said I thought the ghost thats meant to be in our factory is called Norman. Either that or Nigel.

- The following conversation with Shug [bearing in mind he has worked at S****foods for 1½ years..]

Sh: you know Russell that works at the mince?

me: no.. I don't know anyone called Russell at the mince.. what does he look like? [thinking its obviously one of the newish guys who haven't been there 6 months so I still have no idea what there name is]

Sh: small guy. dark hair.. Brians brother?

me: hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha muscles? hahahahahahahaha

sh: [looking very puzzled at me bent over double with laughter] yeah.. why is he called Russell when his name is Martin?

me: hahahahahahahahah russell???!!? hahahahahaha he's not called Russell. Its muscles!!! hahahahahaahahahahahaha

sh: eh?

me: MUSCLES!! [pointing at my biceps - or at least where they would be if I had any..]

sh: [looking sheepish] oh.. right. That explains it then

me: hahahahaha well at least you won't be wondering anymore! hahahaha thats the funniest thing ever!!! hahahaha

I did stop laughing eventually. But then I saw Martin and started all over again.

I'm sure there was more. I work with some crazy people but at least they keep me entertained. I haven't laughd that much since Mad S left though.

And after what P was joking about yesteday, about us getting talked about for going on holiday at the same time, it seems we are already getting talked about. I was standing with Shug when P walked past and smiled and Shug starts his usual "aye, he fancies you!" Then he turns round and says "aye, the rumour is if he wasn't going out with someone and didn't have a kid - he has a kid doesn't he?"

"two.. okay thats just being pedantic.."

"yeah so if he didn't then you and him would be.. [wink wink]"

"who telt you that?"

"Old Tam"

"Old Tam?!?"

"yeah.. he'd be wining and dining you and taking you to all the best restaurants in M******"

"Old Tam said that?"

"well thats the toned down version... with some embellishments!"

I saw P later and commented that I had heard we were getting talked about and that it was Old Tam but changed my mind about telling him what he had said. I kind of thought better of it... Like it might lead into a conversation that I don't want to have.

Anyway all in all it was a good day. I like when i'm all hyper and giggly [especially when I think of all those calories I must have lost with all the laughing] although my back is still bothering me a bit. Its really just like a bad knot of tension but I KEEP on getting it and its in the middle of my back so not like I can really massage it myself. I try and it just gets worse :(

Just hope tomorrow is another good day.