Follow the Rat Pack!!
So… Last weekend was one of these few days I have for myself… Well not completely… This time I had my cousin (along with a friend), my brother-in-law (yup… no comments) and Gio (well… for a couple of hours… but let’s count her for the sake of accuracy)… So technically.. I can’t count that as “Me time”… But Hey… it was still fun!!!! 
So let’s get on with it and tell the tale!!!
DAY ONE (Saturday 28/09)
Ok... early mornings were NEVER my strong Point... specially when you can't see an inch in front of your nose...
And even so… it is well with my soul!!! It actually felt good to be out there… It doesn’t matter how cold it is… It kinda made me feel alive… or crazy to be there voluntarily to torture myself for the next 2 days! Let’s put it like that… we don’t do it for the money! 
I got to the event village at feet of the Tower Bridge at 10am to get ready for my first task...
... Which was to fill up and prepare 150 goodie bags with stuff for the competitors... I know... boring... but gave me time to wake up... hehehe
It gets a bit better when I move to the registration table to tag the Rat Racers wit the SportID tags. Got to meet the competitors and laugh with the noobies.
hard at work till about 3:30pm when the instructions for the race started. A hell of a lot more people than the 1st year!!!
And While the racers got ready to start the race making plans to get on the 1st checkpoints we start scrambling to do our jobs...
yup... now you seem me...
... and now you don't! Or you do... Yup... I am Hommer Simpson!! I always get the best jobs hhehehe...First time round (in Bristol) I was a gian rat, last year I was Winston Churchill... next year who knows... maybe Winnie the Pooh! lol
And that’s my checkpoint! (I even got to eat free donuts, hehehe)
I had to make them eat donuts! well... go into the shop, buy 3 donuts and eat them...
torture... I felt like a celebrity tho... almost all teams took pics with me! lol! that and the recording team from Chanel 4... or was it 5??? weeeellll
doooonuts... rrrrrrrrrr...
gi'me a break... this mask is HOT!!!
yezzzzzz... water and the "come home" call
And P+R had a great time as "kinky Nurses" as well... lol!!!
DAY TWO (29/09)
yet another soul crashing early morning starting my day at 4am... flipping cold too...
new day new checkpoint... safety equipment check... please ring your bells for me!! and careful not to fall on the water... there are no rails at the end of the ramp! Too cold to get wet.
I had to have a laugh... why??? well take a look of the detail on the next photo.
loved the bell!!! lol
I'm still awake(barely)!! see??? I can do it!!!
relocating to new checkpoint... took me an hour and a half to get there...
KICKING THE KITTY'S ARSE..(SORRY SM HEHEHE)
they recon the absailing point was 40mt high... and I get to hang up there the whole afternoon... cool! hehehe
ok... not literally hangging.. hehehe
ok... it wasn't long till I was hanging there!!!
My new personal record! 40mt high... last time was 25 (almost 10 years ago)!! uhuuu!!
last time I abseil without gloves tho!! blisters... ouch!
After all that I was knackered… won’t show the pics here cuz I look awful on them… lol!!
But to resume what happened… back to the Village (1 hour trip or so) and party after that… nothing like a couple of beers to finish an exhausting day… lol!!!
You can see the whole album if you want. click here for the 1st day pics and here for the second day ones.
Anyways… almost 1am… worried about Vic… (she still hasn’t arrived from that bloody portuguese class party… damn it!!!
I hate when she does that!!!
UPDATE: she’s got home already… 1am… I am not a happy bunny…
zya!
I have just realized I have published the post… duh!!! hang on… there is more!!! hehehehe.
Comments
Dude, what is “me time” really feel like. LOL!
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