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I am back for an update sorry its been a few days lots has been going on. Now im sure as everyone is aware im not overly great at getting down what I want to say and I have so many things ill probably miss lots of things and expand on other a little too much and blubber on a little so sorry in advance.
But hey im back for another update and as anyone that has been following or knows me personally will know that it was my birthday on Wednesday just gone (19th Aug). I turned 23 and it was a bloody awesome, my mum had to work but my sister and girlfriend had time off work. so I started the day with a bad belly ache due to dancing around like a nutter then ‘shot gunning’ a can of monster, (not recommended especially just after waking up and an empty stomach) but whilst I was fighting my belly ache I opened a couple of my presents that my sister and girlfriend brought me. I got some cool t-shirts and general deodorant and shaving stuffs which was cool but …… my girlfriend had been telling me for at least 2 months that I would love my present and I kept guessing even though I knew she wouldn’t tell me and deep down I didn’t want to know but you know what its like. anyway I opened the main present from her if you like and IT’S A FREAKING GOPRO !!!!! I didn’t know what to do im rubbish at reactions like that so I instantly covered my face and never before to my knowledge have I teared up over a present but I did a little I was so happy and excited because ive wanted one for years and I finally had one.
After this we all got ready and headed down to a local cafe for some lunch taking our time with everything because there simply wasnt a rush for anything. it was a very nice relaxing time and we had some lush food. after this we went back to mine and had a little play with the go pro and the settings etc + got it charged up for later as I knew we was going out for dinner to a pizza hut restaurant that I took her to on one of our first dates.
Now I had a feeling that something was going on as previously two of my friends was joking around saying that they would meet up and have lots of fun without me whilst im out at dinner and of corse I bit the bait and said I will probably be out later for a little bit.
Got all my new clothes on (skinny jeans, t-shirt, socks etc) feeling good set up my go pro in the car and off we went to pizza hut. once we arrived we entered the venue and instantly I felt something was off so I prepared myself as we was walked round the corner I spotted one of my friends sitting at a big long table at the back of the room then I saw the rest of them all sitting there and I was blown away with everything my amazing girlfriend had done for me. It was a great night we had a good time I also filmed a tiny bit whilst we was there.
so anyway after this (baring in mind im skipping out a few parts to try to shorten this story down a little) one of my 2 of my friends decided to stay out for a little and just chill and because we got helium balloons from the restaurant they inhaled them and I filmed their funny voices.
THEN IT HAPPENED……
I was messing around with the GoPro mount on my rear view mirror and took the mirror part off to see better once I had attached the mount better I tried to re fit my rear view mirror part knowing all the time how easily a windscreen could break from fiddling with the rear view. What happened ….. you guessed it my bloody windscreen broke, on my birthday too. But because it was my birthday I was still high on happiness so wasnt too fussed. I took a slower than normal drive home which didn’t do much for the crack as my car is very low and as a result the suspension is rather stiff so the crack got a little bigger on the way home.
The next day I was scratching my head all day about what to do because I didn’t want to go through insurance as I was under the impression I would have lost my no claims however this wasnt the case so I rang up insurance and sorted a replacement for the very next day (friday). which is great and the people who fitted it was very nice and did a good job however that was expensive enough to put me totally out-of-pocket so I currently have no money but I do have a new windscreen even if I did lose my windscreen stickers 😦
It looks a lot different now as it would but im still in the paranoid stage of my windows leaking as its been raining almost two days straight here now, but its holding up just fine.
Shout out to Autoglass (never thought id say that!)
As we skip forward a little ill try keep it a little more brief, again sorry for the blubbering but hey its my first blog im learning okay be nice :D.
It was a nice day on saturday in fact it was rather hot so my and my girlfriend went and took a few pictures near 2 different lakes the first one we went to is like what we like to call our peace ‘get away’ spot where we go when we are stressed out and just need to relax. so as I said we went there first and of course took the go pro also and we took lots of pictures and some video footage which as of right now im not entirely sure if you can upload videos here but I will find out.
Would also like to say sorry as I currently havent edited the pictures or video from when we went to these lakes as of yet but as soon as I get a minute to do so ill post them up here I promise!!
After we were done at this location we met one of our friends for a walk down a more localised lake which was a lovely walk again got some cool pictures and also filmed a very funny MTV cribs spoof funny thins with one of the bird watching houses we found. I also at one point lost my camera lens cap but luckily had only fallen off a few feet behind me. As I said when I have edited some of the pictures I will post them here to explaining them a little maybe and will try get some video onto here if possible.
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