The good news is that another week has passed and I am still not doing it. The bad news is that I really want to do it. The official end date is Monday 4th February, but seeing as I have got this far I am probably not going to do it....until Friday 8th February. But every cloud has a silver lining because this is my last blog on the subject, until next year that is….
I am still not completely sure why I have subject myself to such torture, but there is obviously something driving me on to do this. What could it be? .....to prove I can, ….to lose weight? ….to experience uninterrupted sleep? …..Or was it just to collect lots of lovely comments about my glowing complexion and bright eyes, which incidentally make me sound a bit like a Labrador, but hey, they are great compliments and much appreciated. However, it does also beg the question that if I'm looking great now, by definition, does that mean I was looking completely crap when drinking my body weight on a daily basis? …….and please, if you are even thinking about responding to that – don’t.
Wednesday proved to be the biggest challenge of the week, when I was at the annual Finexpo conference held in the Brewery in Chiswell Street… Of course attending an event held in a Brewery, when you are on the wagon, is probably not the best place to be. But I soldered on and resisted the drinks which flowed freely, despite a couple of people trying to force me to break my resolve, by waving glasses of white wine under my nose. Tough luck chaps, nice try, but it’s been tried before and it’s failed before.
After the show, a few of us went on to the drinks party hosted by Ian Chester and Les Gosling from COG the recruitment consultants. There we were joined by David Bannister, editor of Banking Technology magazine who hardly ever turns up at these events these days, so we were honoured. But now I am not so sure because he mentioned that he was publishing a little titbit in the Out of Office section in the next edition of Banking Technology about a certain PR person and her inexplicable infatuation with David Beckham! so I can’t wait to see that. Others there included the lovely John Quamina from IBM. John Bertrand and his beautiful daughter who looks a lot like Scarlett Johanssen, and all the Message Automation guys, including Christian Nentwich who told me another one of his jokes…..which sadly went straight over my very sober head - again! What is it with me drinking water and not getting jokes?
After that humiliation, I decided it was time to leave. Although not before Leonie Alsop from Wall Street Systems and I had a very interesting conversation with the gorgeous Jerry Gossage from FNS which involved us potentially accosting him in the forest on the way home – not sure where that came from or if it qualifies as sexual harassment Jerry….. and, if it does, well who cares.
Thursday evening was a great night out, dining with Jeff Hudson the CEO of Vhayu, John Coulter head of everything strategic and marketing, together with Zoe and Chanda from Metia. The food was great and the company even better. I was drinking tea as usual... but the bonus was that we had a waiter who was a ringer for Jermain Defoe who plays for Tottenham and was very cute, so that made up for the lack of drinking, on my part anyway.
The absolute highlight of my week though was West Ham beating Liverpool at Upton Park on Wednesday evening. I know it was a last minute penalty but who cares, we bagged the points and that’s all that matters.
Seeing as this is the last tales from the wagon, I am not handing out raspberries this week - I can’t be bothered. However, the largest cherry in the pie has to go to the lovely Phin Smith (aka the LurveGod). Phin stayed with me every step of the way and who, luckily for him, completes his non drinking season today. I am sure he will be out on the lash tonight, and I did also hear a rumour that Pat Dolan from Aquin may join him, so it could be messy.
So…..that’s it from me for another year. One thing I have proved is that being on the wagon does not mean not going out. However it can get pretty boring sometimes, I know because I have almost bored myself to death a few times over the period. But as we all know there’s no gain without pain and luckily for me, after next week I am open to offers for lunch and dinners complete with wine of course
Thank you for sharing the journey with me, and for your messages of support. It really did help knowing that you are out there spurring me on, almost as much as knowing I would never hear the end of it if I did not complete the task in hand. That helped a lot.
And finally please don’t forget my charity, www.jordanjaytrust.com and make a donation if you can, but only if you can. Thanks again, have a great year, and above all, have fun xx
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