Boots Scribbling Diary 1985. In pencil. I hd invnted abbrv. wrtg b4 txting ws evr concvd.
Saturday 13 July 1985
Slow start. After a false start involving some tequila-fuelled dry heaving. Lovely. (I had been dancing in a rock and roll championship in Streatham the night before and had a riotous journey back on a coach late at night with my dancing partner, and the rest of the team). Have been trying to get a decent Madonna poster for Nige's birthday. That boy has such predictable taste. Had yet another discussion about The Appropriateness Of Waitressing with Dr Hunter. A man who has probably never lived outside an ancient and renowned educational establishment of some kind. Ever. I need to get a job here there are no jobs at home - I am skint I have been living on toast and cupasoup since exams. He is going to sort something out at Newnham, so he reckons. Went to watch John B & Rick play cricket up at St John's ground. It's hot, my nose has a red stripe of sunburn. We are going to a party with them tonight, there is a big live concert on TV and it will be on at the party. Dunno if is a posh boy with a TV at St John's or maybe in the JCR. Am not drinking tequila. I am resolved to pull.
Seems the party was ok but I did not pull. Five years later I married one of the cricketers - which turned out to be a mistake. I guess if I'd really fancied him, I'd have got off with him at the party. Fifteen years later to the very day I gave birth to my second daughter.
Saturday 13 July 1985
Slow start. After a false start involving some tequila-fuelled dry heaving. Lovely. (I had been dancing in a rock and roll championship in Streatham the night before and had a riotous journey back on a coach late at night with my dancing partner, and the rest of the team). Have been trying to get a decent Madonna poster for Nige's birthday. That boy has such predictable taste. Had yet another discussion about The Appropriateness Of Waitressing with Dr Hunter. A man who has probably never lived outside an ancient and renowned educational establishment of some kind. Ever. I need to get a job here there are no jobs at home - I am skint I have been living on toast and cupasoup since exams. He is going to sort something out at Newnham, so he reckons. Went to watch John B & Rick play cricket up at St John's ground. It's hot, my nose has a red stripe of sunburn. We are going to a party with them tonight, there is a big live concert on TV and it will be on at the party. Dunno if is a posh boy with a TV at St John's or maybe in the JCR. Am not drinking tequila. I am resolved to pull.
Seems the party was ok but I did not pull. Five years later I married one of the cricketers - which turned out to be a mistake. I guess if I'd really fancied him, I'd have got off with him at the party. Fifteen years later to the very day I gave birth to my second daughter.
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