Holidays are Coming

Last night, when I got in from what was a long day in the office and we settled in to watch Ugly Betty on E 4. (Dont you just love that show?). Anyway, a commercial came on and it was the Coca Cola, Holidays are coming when Dusan said "Praz Nitzi Num Stijo". Which is how you say Holidays are coming in Croatian. I have no idea how its spelt but thats how I wrote it down.

Trish is off today. Her penultimate day and she's not in. I am stuck at the office without my usual bundle of joy. That said I was off for one and a half days earlier this week having been sent home on Monday lunchtime feeling off salts (or a little queer). I went home and to bed and managed to sleep in until 1230 the next afternoon. Trish said she was going out of her mind worrying that something had happened to me forgetting that she sent me home and said on my leaving "Go home, rest and take tomorrow off too if you need to". The day off did me the world of good and I guess I realised how exhasting this year has been. Not only physically but emotionally with the stress of Dusan coming over and all of the immigration stress. This contract has been exhausting. We are expected in by 8AM and often work till gone 7PM. Add to that that every other week we do six days and have to come in early on Saturday morning to train the consultants. Its just been exhausting to 10th degree.

Still the end is now in site. I break up for Christmas in just a couple of weeks. Nearly three weeks of lie ins will be bliss.

BotW, tough decision this week. And as I am not allowed to say due to big brother and I cant remember his name all i'll say is , cute.

Thats all for today. Back to the grind now

Happy Holidays

Gridlock

The cities traffic is deffinitely getting worse. My journey used to take 45 minutes to get to GSK but this morning I left at 0845 and was still late for 11:00 start. Its madness that you can crawl as few as 7 miles in an hour even off peak.

Still on a plus side, GSK makes us very welcome and we are truly looked after. Last week with the hotel in Kensignton, dinner at a Conran Restaurant and a top London West End show.

I have to confess it was difficult to get up this morning. Dusan is on closing shifts for 2 nights and doesnt get home until around 0400 which usually wakes me slightly. Tomorrow thankfully I am doing the later start while Trish does the early. God bless her. She has been the life of the project and will be truly missed by I think, everyone on the team.

As we started on this project back in Spring I immediately knew that I would get on well with Trish. You can just tell that someone has the same mind set as yourself. Since then we have been bosum buddies (And I am not, for once talking about her fabulous rack).

Yesterday was a fun day at work. I am sad that she will be gone in just over a week.

Today it is officially Christmas. Its never Christmas for me until I have seen the Coca Cola "Holidays are Coming" commercial. It always reminds me of the Walt Disney World Electric Light Parade.

Anyway, bed is calling so sweet dreams for now

Neil x

Worst ways to spend a night

Post spending the day at work (and what a hard hot headed bunch they were), I came home to spend a few hours with Dusan and then after he left for work, Lisa invited me to dinner with her and her two friends, Leroy and Marco.

Now having kissed my husband goodbye I could hardly be in a posistion to complain. Leroy is a male Model and in London to shoot his latest calandar and Marco is a male stripper in the UK strip group, the Fantasy Boys.

We enjoyed dinner while watching the boys new to be released DVD on its UK premier here from SE London.

Sat between two muscle boys who are constaintly feeling the other has the better body I couldnt help but ask why. "Well his fitter". His bigger. I would hear. So I said what any gay boy would say. Show me your body. Leroy (Hench) was oh too quick to rip off his tee shirt and show me his body. My god, he had arms bigger than my thingh. I had to ask, do you mind if I just touch your arm! Ohhhhh well you cant blame a boy for trying can you? And when he flexed it for me I just ran my arm over it in admiration. Today was the day that the straight and gay boys let bygones be bygones and just enjoy each others company.

I said to Marco, gosh I am never this forward usually. He said, your not when Dusan is around but then his not like this when you are here either! :-)

Twas a fun night for all, but now at not even 2200 and they guys are off to a club and I have been up since 0400 its time for me to retire and have some beauty sleep. So until nextime. Sweetdreams. X

Flashbacks

Okay

So we drank a bottle of wine before we left, then started the reunion with a bottle of wine. But by the 3rd bottle I must have been more than fluffy.

When I woke this morning I had a few texts to wish me well. Ben was one of them.

I'm sad to say that I had lost Ben in my memory of Disney. It was 12 years past and when one is so busy and frantic so many people come and go. I was pleased to say that i will never forget Ben again. You see, in order to remember someone they have to affect your life. Ben did just that last night when his beaming face came through the crowd calling Neil. Followed by his words. "I looked up to you so much, you were Disney Personofied. You made us all feel so welcome and to that I am thankful/ You were a Legend Man!l". That was it. Sweet beautifull words that make me humble and realise that deep down maybe I am a star and that I do affect peoples lives and maybe I am not Joe average, but someone magical, a romantic who wants the fairytale. Maybe I am. But isnt this the same me that spent 2.5 years fighting to get his handsome prince back? The same me that not only spent time away from his love but fought knife and foot to bring hid lovr back.

Last night was more than just a reunion. It was a re uniting of souls that belong together. We expereinced something that was incredible. A dream come true. But the dream didnt fade or die, its on going it is the peop;e. EPCOT was the Experimental Peoples Communnity of Tomommorw. Well if Walt Disney acheied one thing it was the fact that he bought us all together. We were fortunate enough to be selected and have the honour to repreesent Walt Disney World. I have graduated from Disney University complete with graduation clad in mortor board and Ears graduation style. It was all my dreams come true plus some and you know what? Its still happenning. You may replace the people in Epcot but that means that like Gods earth, you return the beauty to the land. We all came back and came back different people. I cant tell you how hard it was to readjust to life back in the normal. But I can tell you that it was worth it.

You can take the boy out of Disney but you cant take the Disney out of the boy. It gets me inertviews, its what made me the man I am today and I thank you 100% Mr Walt Disney for you gave me the upbringing and understanding of peoples meeds. They taught me that I can make a difference in eveyones lives. They gave us the ability to exceeed expectations Go heyond the mark. Ben may not have affected my life then in the way that I did his, but since then his returned the favou. Touche'. The most beautfifull thing is that I mow feel humbled at my gift.

Thank you Ben for giving me back all I gave and I'm sorry I forgot you once. It wont happen again. You've touched a nerve dear boy and the sad thing is Im so sorry that I forgot you. Please forgive me!

Walt Disney World Reunion

OMG. Thats all I can say. OMG. Its been over 12 years but last night was the first ever Disney Reunion in the united Kingdom for the 1996 cast members of Walt Diseny World.

We went along expecting not to know anyone but far from it. The moment we entered the room there was Tanya May, Trisha Burns, Liz who wrote me that awesome poem. This huge masculine guy with a tres hairy chest who's named passed me till he came beaming over and said "Neil....." I was hesitant as I said "Ben?"

Apparantly I was a Disney Icon. They all looked up to me as I personified the Diseny experience.

Last night proved one thing, you can take the boy out of Disney but never the Disney out of the boy. It was almost as though it was yesterday that we were there as friendships formed with such intensity never fade. Thankfully we met Fabrizio prior to going there and had a chance to catch up pre reunion. It was Disney Magic 100%.

We may all be 12 years older but memories never fade and most of us said the same thing. We lived the dream we were the magic but we have all moved on and we are all still fabulous. Fabulous but older. Thank you guys. I left the house thinking I may know a couple of people. Instead I knew nearly everone. Thats the magic of Disney. To top it off, Ben lives in Bristol, my next work asignment and he promises me a girly night out.

Proof that the magic never fades!

God bless y'all! X