21st February 2006 - I'm being a good pupil to Mr Thorogood!

I'm soooooooo sorry I haven't written for a while. I've been preoccupied with a certain sexy school teacher (not Lauren, ha ha, although she is very sexy too!). No, I've been spending my precious time with Dave sax (or Mr Thorogood as he's known to all the kids at his school). As I write this, I have a film crew filming me for a new TV show. You know the drill - I'm not allowed to say what it's for but it's going to be good. They are pointing a camera over my shoulder right now!

Sarah and Steve are also here filming with me and they have just had to remind me what I've done since writing the last blog as my head is a big blurry, dreamy mess of Dave wearing suits and glasses (just as I thought he couldn't get any better, I find out he wears a suit to work, and glasses to watch TV and drive!! Obviously I've used every opportunity to watch TV with him since finding this out as we all know what a man in glasses does to me!). For the last week, Dave has been on half term from his school that he works at so I've spent every day with him, which has been lovely. He went back to work yesterday though and had turned into instant celebrity over night. Somehow the kids have found out (that might have been when we saw a couple of the 6th formers from his school and I purposely snogged him in front of them) that he's going out with me and he now has 1000 people harrassing him to death about me and wanting to know whether it's true. Yes kids, I can assure you it is. I am a very lucky girl.

So, in brief, last Thursday I can't for the life of me remember what I did in the day time but in the evening I had Jordan, Sarah, Lauren and Dave over to watch a film in the new house (which, by the way is now looking stunning). Friday day time I did the job that has been advertised on my website for the last few weeks for MTV. I'm not allowed to say what it's all about but basically I got to meet my 5 biggest fans. It was absolutely amazing and I had the best day ever. Sarah came with me and we filmed in the old SE1 club in London. It's really annoying that I can't tell you all the details cos honestly, we had the funniest and best day ever. As soon as I'm allowed to talk about it, I'll tell you all. Friday night, me, Sarah, Lauren and Dave (my Dave, not Sarah's) went to see the Johnny Cash film "Walk the Line". It was brilliant but a little bit too long, I found. After two hours I started to get a bit restless and all I could think about was getting Dave home to have a cuddle. Saturday day time, me and Sarah took Dave shopping for house stuff and he got really stressed cos, as like all men, he doesn't "do" shopping. It was quite funny though and he did help me buy a tumble drier. Saturday night a load of us went on a pub crawl in Brentwood. Well, I say pub crawl but we actually only ended up doing two pubs, both of which are old men's pubs - which we love. The Gardeners and The Horse and Groom. There was me, Lauren, Sarah, Dave, Jordan, Tony trumpet, Pants, Rob, Willard, Paul (bike test), Barry, Max (boy in the attic), Chloe and Kieran. We got screaming drunk and had a whale of a time. Lauren bumped into a few of the kids she teaches (not good when you're so drunk you can barely speak). I ended up getting kebabs and chips with burger sauce and cheese delivered to the Horse and Groom at 2am for everyone and Dave carried me up the stairs to bed when we got home.

Sunday none of us were functioning properly. Steve came over and we all laid on the sofa. Dave went off to band camp (rehearsals with his band) and we didn't move til he came back again that night. When we finally managed to throw a shape on, we got ready and went to Jordan's gig, where I nearly wet myself with excitement as Dave got up and played sax with the band. It was quite strange actually. What I mean is that; Dave has been playing sax with Jordan for about 2 years but this was the first time he had played since we became a couple (yes people it's official - we are properly together). The whole room's eyes turned to me when he got up to watch my reaction. I think it's a bit weird for everyone around us to see us together. Like I said before, we've known each other two years and never even had any chemistry until now (well, I have fancied him from the minute I clapped eyes on him but I never admitted it to anyone until two weeks ago. When we went to see Brokeback Mountain and everyone commented on how mush Dave looks like Jake Gyllenhal, I got scared and thought that if I didn't finally admit to fancying him then someone else would and therefore lay claim to him, and I would lose him forever). It's weird for all our mates cos there's never been anything between us before, Dave has always been just a part of our group like everyone else. Suddenly we are together and holding hands and I think it probably looks weird. In the same way I would find it weird if Lauren suddenly started dating Stevie (not that it would happen cos he's obviously gay, but you get my drift?!). Nevertheless, everyone is dealing with it extremely well and to me, it feels like the most natural thing in the world. Dating your friends is the way forward!!! I've never tried it before - perhaps that's where I've been going wrong all along. I always go out with strangers only to find out I can't stand the way their mum still cuts their toe nails or they can't handle their drink or whatever. With Dave, I know pretty mush everything about him. I know all his faults, all the embarrassing things he's got up to while drunk, all the women he's pulled in the past and I know what he does and doesn't want in a relationship. I also know how great he is. I know how talented, how funny, how clever, how sweet and how sexy he is. We have tons in common and even Jordan likes him (well obviously - they've been mates for two years). Woohooo! In fact, Jordan has only said two things to me about me going out with Dave. No 1. "I'm just glad you're finally going out with a REAL musician instead of a silly boy-bander" and No 2. "I'll have to start being horrible to him now that he's your boyfriend, cos I'm horrible to all your boyfriends". Obviously, both comments were said tongue in cheek, although it's fair to say that Jordan hasn't liked many of my blokes, and at the same time, I haven't liked many of his girlfriends. We're just extremely protective of each other. What's nice with Dave, however, is that; Jordan does really like him, he knows him really well, he knows that Dave won't mess me about and he knows that I am genuinely happy. It's too perfect to be true!

Won't go on about Dave any more cos I don't want to bore you all but I'll just tell you that I am VERY happy, I wasn't looking for another relationship but now that I am in one, I'm over the moon. Dave has all the qualities I want in a man (except for the fact that he doesn't ride a motorbike, but there's always time to learn) and I feel more comfortable with him than anyone before. Did I also mention how sexy he is?!

Back to life and what's been happening, yesterday I had meetings in London all afternoon and then me and Steve went shopping for more house stuff. Instead of getting anything for the house however, I came back with two baby tortoises for my mum. They are the size of a 50p piece and the cutest things I've ever seen. My mum is a member of a tortoise club and she already has seven. One of them, called Rosa, is 150 years old! We had actually gone to a pet shop to buy fish to put in a tank at my new house but saw the tortoises and couldn't resist. They cost two hundred pounds each but are so worth it. My mum cried when she saw them. They are now in a tank in my mum's kitchen and we have been watching them with fascination all morning.

Last night, just after I gave my mum her present, I realised my dvd had come in the post of my skydive. We all gathered in the lounge to watch it and we got so excited, we all now want to do it again. I think Refuge may be organising a sponsered one in the Summer so we'll all do that. Can't wait!! I still can't believe I jumped out of a plane!

After that, me, Sarah, Steve, Lauren and Dave went to the new house to watch dvds. We over-dosed on Live Aid (our favourite music dvd) and then watched a bit of Robbie at Knebworth. We then put a film on and me and Dave sneaked off to bed to have "a cuddle". This morning I got up with him at 6.30am and watched him get ready. I didn't have to be up til 10am but I wanted to have a perve over him getting ready and also wanted to see him in his suit before he went to work. Oh mama, he's hot.

I have to go now cos the film crew are going to follow us on our lunch today. I won't be seeing Dave tonight as he is watching football with his mates, but that's ok. It means I get to have big cuddles with Paddy in bed. Pad's got the hump with me cos he hasn't had me all to himself for a week so I'm gonna make it up to him tonight.

I'll write again later when I get a minute. Sorry again that I haven't written for a while but my attentions have been turned to a certain young man. All I have left to ask now is: Why weren't my school teachers that sexy?!!!!