Thursday, 3 July 2008

Touched by the hand of celebrity

Well, Pot HAS had an exciting couple of weeks! Not that s/he is aware of that fact at all, but I certainly am.
Firstly there were the back to back premieres of Hancock, where we got within 2 feet of Will Smith, and the Prince Caspian at the O2 (UK's biggest ever premiere with 10,000 people in the arena!) Both enjoyable films, was exhausted the next day after 2 nights in London, but N stayed too both nights which was nice. Then this week we had Disney Q4 yesterday with very swanky dinner at exclusive Hakkassan restaurant, which was fun. And today was 2E's Q4. Hosted by Danny Wallace (who I later stood next to at the bar but didn't get a chance to speak to) and special guest appearances from: Sir David Attenborough, Richard Hammond, Flavia and Kelly Brook, Davina Mccall, Armstrong and Miller, "Keith Lemon" (that Lee guy who did Bo Selecta) and ROb Brydon - could have been more but I forget!
So at the interval we were introduced to Davina, who promptly exclaimed delightedly about Pot, and proceeded to hold my hand and touch the bump and tell me all about birth and labour and how to get through it! She was lovely, if a little mad and overly tactile, but really sweet. Told me to a) concentrate on being brave for someone else,i.e N, or Pot, and really try to focus on that, b) to try to maintain a sense of humour and be funny, as there are a lot of "amusing" things that happen in labour, and c)when the first symptoms come on, to take a couple of paracetamol and go straight to bed and sleep for as long as I can! One or two other more "personal" tips which I have no intention of writing on here, but really was quite an experience. She also took Dave Rimmer's wife's number and called her to wish her luck with the twins! Quite some character. Then we met Flavia and Kelly Brook, neither of whom I had the slightest interest in, but they seemed really nice. Also then met Richard Hammond and asked why he hated Peugeot 308s so much - he said they were too smug! So all in all a celebrity infused day - really good fun.
Only one more day of work and then the weekend, off to Manchester to see Tim and Janine and the kids which should be a laugh. Working from home MOnday. 4 weeks tomorrow until I leave work - hurray!
Shattered now - night night!

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