Day 329.

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The boiler broke for the second time in two days yesterday; when I went into Moon's room to see him this morning this is how he was sat. So lovely.

Day 308.

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Moon's mum visited today, we did lots of walking.
Portsmouth must seem quite nice to people who don't live here all the time.

Day 295.

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So, the bed's back, but I haven't taken a photo like this in a while.

Day 267.

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Moon made us all a pretty nice chilli con carne tonight, I think I have to start thinking about taking self-portraits of myself rather than what I've been eating.

Day 248.

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Today has been a bit rainy and horrible, Moon made me some soup, I kept eating the carrots because it's something he always does when I'm cooking. He even sometimes eats the ham when I'm making a sandwich, meanie.

Day 246.

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This is a plug for a sink that Moon was going to buy me for my birthday but couldn't because they sold out.
They had more in stock today so I bought one, I got it in pink so it matches our kitchen, it's so cute, Moon paid for it too as it was only £1.49, I'm so impressed.
I could live in the Steamer Trading Cook Shop if I were a billionaire and had a need for an apple slicer, thousands of different kinds of blender or dish brushes where the bristles are hair.

Day 243.

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I am very happy, I am reunited with Moon. ♥

Day 224.

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Last night was Redbull X Fighters - these past two nights, I've just passed out in bed from exhaustion.
It was good though, even if was delayed by around an hour and we didn't get to see the end. I saw a pretty awesome crash and a cool guy in hotpants and tights - yep.
Also, Amir Khan was there, we had pretty good seats, but he still was teeny-tiny because he was so far away.

Day 221.

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Today was Moon's brother's 19th birthday, I suddenly feel very old, not because he is so much younger than me, because he isn't but, frames of mind tend to differ between young people who have experienced something and young people who haven't and let's just say the difference was fairly obvious once his friends arrived.
Although I do wish him a very happy birthday and a great time at Uni when he joins us at Portsmouth in September, I just can't wait for the day that he realises people throwing up isn't hilarious.

Day 220.

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Out with the old, bit of a spree, my new handbag is dead. Moon wouldn't let it die with dignity and wore it as a hat before it got thrown in the bin. Bye old friend, you served me well, until your strap started to look rank.

Day 212, 213, 214, 215, 216.

So, I've been away again - here are the photos I picked from Cornwall to be in the 365.
We had a great time away, we should have stayed longer but it's a bit different when it's a case of staying in someone's house.

Long was dying to show us all the activities going for Cornwall, so once we dropped our things back at his house, we were almost straight out again to The Eden Project. It was a nice afternoon out and we got in for free because his mum works there. It was very interesting, a much more interesting version of Kew Gardens, although I didn't see any butterflies there. In the evening we visited a few pubs around Bodmin, one of them had a lion in the window. Check my blog for that.

Simon arrived today and Long took us to a small town called Fowey and then over to an even smaller area called Polkerris, and the weather finally started to brighten up. In the evening we were very grown up and had a barbecue followed by a few drinks in the garden until late. All in all the whole holiday was very grown up.

Simon's birthday was the most activity-filled day, we took the ferry from Rock to Padstow where we found a beach but due to the weather being miserable when we arrived, only Long was prepared to swim in the sea. We played crazy golf, which is definitely my game, I won, we then had lunch and after that went for a ride around the harbour on a classic 1950s speedboat, called Jaws and we got very wet. After dinner at Katy's pub, and a wander over to Rick Stein's cookery school, we headed back to Rock where the boys went into the sea for a proper swim. After a shower back at Longs we were off out again but all of us - apart from Long - were sat in the pub thinking about how tired we were, despite it being Simon's birthday - although I think we ended up having a fun-filled day anyway.

Before Simon headed off back to Clevedon, we went out in Long's boat, which is definitely not red. We all jumped into the sea from the boat, although I will admit that I needed a bit more convincing. In the evening Long, Moon and I had dinner at Frankie & Bennies and went to watch Toy Story 3 as Long still hadn't seen it.

Our last day in Cornwall was the most miserable, with about 10 minutes of sun in total, but we had a wander along part of a beach and climbed some rocks, and later watched a film before heading back to Dorking on the train - it felt like a much longer journey than on the way there, but we made it back in one piece, it's definitely something we have to do again.

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Day 207.

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What a lazy day, reunion later, I hope people I like come rather than people I don't.

Day 202.

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I went to the dentist today, yesterday Moon and I were looking at all the nice houses round the winding residential roads of New Malden, I spotted this one this afternoon, so out of place, so cool.
I need a filling and my wisdom teeth are hurting me, bullies.

Day 198.

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Here is Andrew Moon looking gorgeous in his cap and gown.
Today he graduated, he is now Andrew James Moon, BA (hons). I watched the ceremony on the big screen in Guildhall but it was nice, it didn't even feel like it was an hour and a half, so proud of bub. :)