Woke up at 5am so I could get stuff done around the house before heading off to Alton Towers with The Mudds (and extended famalam) and my Wifeys. Del text me to see if I'd had breakfast and said to head up to theirs for about 7:30 as Mike will be back from his run and she would do poache4d eggs. What that mean when translated was 'Mike will be back from his run by then and can sort out the breakfast ' lol.
We had a nice brew and some scrambled eggs on toast, just what we needed to start the day. We were going in 3 cars so kept in
Car 1 - Lynn, Tony, Matt & Roary
Car 2 - Alexa & Fi
Car 3 - Mike, Adele, Me, Hannah & McKenzie
The drive seemed to fly by and before you knew it we were there and in the first queue of the day, waiting to enter the car park.
We managed to get on quite a few rides including Rita (which was probably the fastest) and ended our day on Smiler which has 14 loops in total. You do spend a lot of time in a queue and then the ride lasts about 60 seconds which can be hard going on your feet just stood for so long. The 13 ride was probably my favourite (spoiler alert) as it dropped down in darkness and then went backwards.
During the walk around the theme park Alexa pulled me to one side to say that she had been feeling a certain way recently and wanted to let me know. He mum has been having some health problems with eye sight and she felt like I hadn't been a good friend and been there for her. She had a point, I had messaged her a few times asking how her mum was etc, but in hindsight, I should have rang and spoke to her to see how she was etc. I'm not gonna lie it kinda put a dampner on my day as it was early on in the afternoon that she spoke to me, but I guess she had to get it out while we were together. It did make me realise how sometimes I probably do get wrapped up in my own world and not always pay attention to what's going on in other people's lives.
I'm definitely going to try to make time to check in more with friends and pay attention to what they have going on in their lives so that I can be a better friend to those that are there for me. I think I have been so busy trying to keep occupied doing stuff so that I'm not home alone with my thoughts, that I haven't noticed what other people might have going on too. I always try to take something positive from any given situation, so as much as it made me feel like a shit friend, it also will hopefully help me be a better person by being aware of it. I think you can always be a better version of yourself if you are willing to make changes so I see it as an opportunity to grow as a person.
Here is a short video capturing our Trip to Alton Towers.
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