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My legs throb like I've been standing on them for the last twelve hours. Oh wait... I HAVE been standing on them for the last twelve hours. Comfy shoes with good soles, padded socks- you'd think they'd help but uh-uh. My legs still ache like I've run a marathon. Ok, a half marathon. I've been lazy this week. No walking or exercise because I've been feeling kinda crap (stupid because walking makes me feel better but anyway) so my legs are in shock after their return to the world of work and stairs and lifting. A bath usually helps- it didn't tonight. A quick rubdown usually works but not tonight. Bed is the only option but just as I feel them calming, they start being all twitchy and achy again. It sucks. Maybe I should chop them off for temporary relief. Just my luck I'd get phantom limb syndrome or whatever it's called, and still not be able to sleep lol. Ah, you twitchy little *****. Go to sleep already.

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Have you ever returned an item to a store for a refund after having used it?

I returned a netbook a few months ago because it wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be. The bitch of it was that as soon as you'd opened the box, you were not entitled to a refund or exchange unless it was faulty. Needless to say it wasn't faulty, but I did get my cash back on my laptop with an "intermittent screen fault" heehee

We've played poker and eaten pizza, and now it's nearly 1am. Everyone is still up for rocking out with a little Rock Band and I just want to sleep. Maybe not sleep, just escape the noise and social-ness of it all. The bass is down low and it's still shaking the walls. My poor neighbours! I've snuck up to bed without any fuss and it's a little less headache inducing up here, but silence would be nice, or just an anti clockwise turn on the volume dial. I'm feeling a little unsociable right now- can you tell? Lol :)

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I couldn't resist watching White Christmas. If you take the theme song out of the equation, it's not really that Christmasy a film. I just wanted to watch it for the feel of the film. Good old fashioned storyline, memorable songs, cosy feel to it. I really love this film.

I like the fact that men sing like men in it. Deep, rumbling, manly voices, as opposed to the whole 'falsetto is cool' thing that's going on nowadays. I like men to sing like Bing Crosby. He does it perfectly.

The movie reminds me of my grandfather. Especially the song at the beginning. "We'll follow the old man wherever he wants to go... Because we LOVE him..." My grandfather used to mimic Danny Kaye to make us laugh when we were younger :)

Back to it. You can't beat the feel-good factor it brings.

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Today is "Evaluate Your Life Day." So, tell us: how do you think you're life's going so far?

How is my life going so far? Haha :) So far, it's pretty confusing lol

I'm 28 this year, married to an amazing guy who I am very much in love with, ready to have children with him and oh so happy. I am educated and well-traveled, have great friends and family and have had some amazing experiences in the last 28 years. On the other hand, I am about to start a job that will earn me a meagre £12K a year. I rent and cannot afford to buy any time soon, live from paycheck to paycheck and go without most of the time.Oh, and I'm finding my first grey hairs.

The answer is... it's complicated! :)

Who are you dying to see in concert?

I wanna see Sister Hazel again because this time I'd be able to truly appreciate all the songs, not just some of them. The chances of this awesome group touring the UK however, is very slim :(

Do you believe that honesty is the best policy?

Most of the time I believe that honesty is the best policy. I'm pretty good at judging how truthful to be though, which obviously means that full honesty is not always the best policy. I'm not an advocate of lying, I assure you, but tact is something everyone should have.

I went through a phase of needing to be honest with a lot of people and at the time I needed it, despite what the repercussions could potentially be. I do feel that the open, honest truth had some negative results though. Not all people can deal with the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

Honesty IS the best policy. But beware of how much honesty you deal out.

Tone doesn't have the same week off as me, which means, even though I don't have to be, I am awake at 7am. Yesterday, I eventually made myself go back to sleep but, as a consequence of too much sleep then, I can't get back to sleep now. It's a long day of watching tv if I don't get a couple more hours in! Ok, that's kind of a joke as I do have lots of things to do today- mostly paperwork and letters to send. It means walking in to town at some point, so I hope the rain holds off.

It poured down for collecting yesterday, and I do mean poured down. Sheets of rain. Soaked through to my socks. I don't like, scratch that, I hate delivering/collecting in the rain. Surprisingly, I really enjoy the door to door sales I do, but the weather can be a bit of a spoilsport this time of year. The early light coming through my bedroom window though is blue- not summer morning blue, but better than yesterday's grey blue. Potentially, the weather might not hinder my day of errands. Potentially.

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I've been AWOL from Vox for the last few weeks. (Thanks to those who noticed). I'm not going to apologise for my absence because, when all is said and done, it's just a blog and a blog is supposed to be fun or therapy or whatever you need it to be, not a responsibility or a pre-requisite. However, I am going to say that even though I haven't been in the right frame of mind to write, I have thought about it and missed it (and my fellow Voxers too). I hope I'm back now, although life is still chaotic so I might have to run off again. But, I am going to try.

It's been pretty crazy in the Davies household of late. Tony started a new job. I start a new job in three weeks time. We've both been working two jobs for the past month and I'll be doing so for the forseeable future. If we get home and eat dinner before 9pm at the moment, it's practically a miracle. If we manage to stay awake past 1030pm, it's just as amazing. Following a break in and a car radio theft, we are moving house next month. When I say it's been crazy here, I really wasn't exaggerating!

We've managed to enjoy a few nights out with friends, some time with family and quality time with each other. But all in all, it's been non stop craziness.

Time to take a breather from real life and relish a much needed week off from work. That's why I have time to catch you all up on the madness of my life. I've also managed to get past page 50 of a novel, something that's not occurred for a long while. You've gotta love a week off of work :)

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What's the best new TV series this fall?

True Blood counts as new to me, because I missed the first season when it was initially on. Glad I persevered through the first episode because I now love it!

I'm liking Flash Forward too. So far so good.