GLASGOW AND POLAR BEARS

I had my first waitressing night on Tuesday. I only had about 4 tables at a time, but it was hard to keep up with them all, and make desserts in the back simultaneously.
Anyhow, got a text from Emma at about 1:00am Wednesday morning, saying Bex and Adam wouldn’t be coming to Glasgow with us as their plane from Egypt had to do an emergency landing in Cyprus! Rung up Emma first thing in the morning (and consequentially woke her up too) to see what the situation was. Everything was okies but they were stranded in Cyprus for the time being.
Packed up for Glasgow. We were going to a Christian youth event in a church up there and staying over. The mini bus set off at about 2:00pm and to my surprise Bex and Adam made it by some miracle and much fun was had on the way down involving, me, Emma, Snowy(my polar bear) and Richard (Bex’s teddy bear), much to Jon’s annoyment. We soon had the music blasting and got into the mood for a great event later. Played numerous games of ‘word association game’ and many ‘I spy’ games.
Arrived in good time at the church and after a pep talk on how not to get shot at in Glasgow, we braved the streets and raided subway. By this point it was beginning to rain, so we made for the church and finished eating on the way.
It was quite an extraordinary night, we started off with some worship songs, and band was amazing and the drummer was wild. Everyone was getting into the right frame of mind and a really calm yet powerful atmosphere was about the place. There were a couple of guys that shared there testimony and performed some pretty remarkable rap songs which got everyone up and dancing. There was a speaker who had recently been in Florida (Mick), and he shared some of his experiences at the Christian events there that have been publicised around the globe recently. He certainly had the gift of speaking and connecting with people and the message he got across was clear and in such a powerful manner it was obvious to all that God was speaking to him. I wont go into details here (please feel free to ask me about this though).
Everyone was supposed to be in bed and lights off by 12:00 ... but ... you know how it is ... the girl’s room was a children’s play area, and I made my bed in the ball pit. I don’t have any horrible memories as a child, but I rediscovered just how hard it actually it to get out of one, especially when you are completely submerged with two of your best friends. Like trying to swim through near solid water I suppose. A while later, me, Emma, Bex, Hannah and Lexi (youth leader) decided to go to sleep in the adjacent room and leave the others to stay up all night. The result was that we were kept up till some stupid hour in the morning from lights and shouting in the next room. many Jaffa cakes were eaten that night/morning.
Later that same day ... at an Earthly hour, I managed to get up and raise the alarm that it was later than we thought. All was packed up and I drank alot of hot chocolate (mmmmmmmm). Me, Bex, David, Hannah, and other people (can’t really remember as I was still asleep) went for the healthier option of a bread shop ... while the others want to McDonalds for pancakes and syrup. I then decided to go to Summerfield to buy a random carton of milk ... yes ... while Jon and Adam went looking for meat to prove their manliness ... or something like that.
There was a short meeting in the morning, then we were on are way home. I was just getting to sleep when I was rudely awakened by Adam grabbing my hand. Odd things went on in the mini bus on the way back ... me and Emma are still awaiting the publishment of our ‘adventures of snowy the polar bear’ video.
This blog is ending here for a good week and a bit as I will be living in a tiny caravan some where near Tarleton, as strange golf people live in our house. I shall report back when ... and if I survive. =]

I have decided that I’ve got used to writing this blog ... and looking back on some past experiences ... I have concluded that there are more interesting going’s on in my life than even I realised!
Since D of E, I have recovered, passed my driving test, learned to balance many plates at Pizza Express, marvelled at the new plates my mum has bought for us (which are whiter than white) and have moved my stuff to a tiny caravan in which me and rest of the Cairns’ will be living for a week while strange and peculiar golf pros live in our house. Oh, and been to JJB gym many times with Emma, Jon, and Eddy having resolved to do something about my excess ice-cream eating recently. JJB is so posh! I’m getting slowly back into working out and am determined to retrieve my 5-pack from hiding. Also, i have stolen all relating mountineering and climate change books from around the house and they are now accumlated in my room, along with a very long rope ... i enjoy tieing things up ... =P
I’ve been driving around as much as I can. It was so strange being in the car by myself, than I had to direct myself by saying ... ‘turn right at the round-a-bout’. I picked Rachy-babe up the other night to go to Emma’s to play on her bro’s ‘wee’. The out come was that when it came to parking, we drove down the length of the road and round the corner at 5mph with Rach leaning out the door saying ‘closer, closer, closer’. Also I suck at guitar hero.
Spent an hour and a half at the train station on Friday morning, as the train was cancelled. Jumped on the 10:30 train to Burscough Bridge, met Carrington who had been shopping for Alcatraz supplies (totally gutted I couldn’t to that) and we drove to Liverpool Awesome walls after stopping off at Carrington’s house to feed the small fury animals we found there (Merlin the cat). Got kitted up and did a good few 4a’s and 4b’s and one 3 speed climb, we also had a bit of time on the pinnacle, and after my hands started ceasing up, we grabbed a sandwich. Topics of conversation were mostly goldfish, how Carrington was my guardian for the day, and many other funny things i now can't remember ........... I also spent about 5mins hanging a foot off the ground ... because someone found it funny.
I’m starting to feel the effects of working till 12:00pm at pizza express after working at Clark’s from 11:00am. The only consolation is that I get free pizza ... and money for certain extreme sports.
Went to give Jenny a hand at the YMCA climbing wall on Monday night. I amazed her with my one handed, eyes shut, bowline. So ... I spent an hour flying off the floor when belaying people heavier than me as there was no where to tie down to, and I resorted to getting people to hold me down.