Well the party is all over and done with and thankfully it all went pretty smooth.

I arrived back to the party at about a quarter to seven by which time it seemed like most people had arrived. It was really funny because all the northern family (Inverness, Thurso, Alyth, Glasgow) had congregated at one side of the gazeboes and the sourthern family (all over england) had all congregated the other side.

Once I’d said hi to a couple of people I went inside to set down my bag and tripod and on the way back asked if I could be of any assistance, turns out that may have been a mistake. I was quickly set to work cutting veg and when I realized the three girls on waitressing detail were only about to carry two bowls of soup each I picked up a tray, loaded it with six bowls and made a few trips.

Once I’d gathered the bowls back in we started sending people through for the buffet. I grabbed my tray again and headed over to help the older guests with carrying their plates while they walked to and from the buffet. I had a chat with a lady called Alice who I believe was German and she was asking me about Ross and stuff so we had a wee chat and then I took her food back to her table for her.

After the buffet came the dessert which I didn’t get much of a choice at because I was clearing dishes whilst it was served so I grabbed a bit of cheese cake when I was done.

Once the meal was done I decided it was time to stop working and start partying so I mingled a bit and chatted to some folks and then the horse racing started.

The horse racing was pretty cool. Basically it’s prerecorded races and you gamble on them and the money goes to charity. It was good fun and people seemed to really get into it and a lot of money was raised for a good cause.

After the horse racing was a one man band. He had some drums, a guitar and a harmonica and he sang while playing. Pretty talented guy.

The fireworks came at eleven and fireworks they were! Halfway through the display (constructed by my uncle Kevin and lit by my uncle Gary) one of the fireworks fell over and lit one of the other boxes on the ground. People saw this and thought it was gonna blow up, so they ran away. At this point I was taking photos of the fireworks exploding and so was looking through my camera and not aware of what was going on around me. I looked down and there was nobody around, I was slightly perplexed.

But the fireworks didn’t cause any damage so that was ok, might be a few peeved neighbours tho.

After the fireworks the one man band came back on and played till about twelve thirty when he did Auld Lang Syne and then it was over and home time. But first I offered to walk my little cousins home because my littlest cousin had fallen asleep and my aunt was gonna take her in the car.

Of course it was no problem since it’s not far, but I prolly should’ve realized I needed to wee really bad before we set off. But all turned out fine thankfully.

I was picked up in the taxi on my way back and we drove back to Colin & Murd’s and I promptly fell asleep.

Today Mum, Linzi, Callum and I went for a walkabout down in the town and then to Primark where I got some clothes for my holiday. Five t-shirts, 5 pairs of socks, a pair of boxers and hoody for £22. Not bad eh?

After that we went for something to eat and I had a really tasty chicken club sandwich. After a quick visit to my Granny’s to say good bye to everyone it was time to head back down the road.

All in all it’s been a good weekend, I’m glad I helped out some at the party as I think it might’ve been a bit stressful otherwise. I got a lot of kudos for it too :D

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