BD you have been signed off work ill. End of. Great you're feeling a bit of space to breathe. What are you planning for your week? The trees are lovely everwhere.... Some winter pansies? An exhibition? Would you like any book recommendations? Great cake recipes? Oh look, you're too busy to think about work. Being OFF work is your current work challenge. Rise to it, you can do this.
Last night was mostly good. There was that mindless chat with people you sort of recognise, about which house they were in, which went nowhere. (BTW this was a big mixed comp in West London) There were three people I had proper, interesting conversations with. One was a guy who's mum was in the public eye and had affairs and we talked about how damaging that was for his sibs, in partic. Another was a girl who is absolutely lovely and whose mum still works in publishing at 73! Fab. She married someone we were also at primary with who was my absolute first crush. But she was much more exciting to talk to. The third was a boy I was so close too. We were briefly boy and girlfriend but never even kissed and he says he split with me because of peer pressure from one boy in particular, and he was really riled when this boy and I went out for 18 months or so a few years later!
I had lots of fun with my lovely co-organiser friend and was proud to tell people she was my kids godmum, partic as she doesn't have kids.
There was one woman there who looked amazing and clearly has a big face-budget. All she really said about herself to me was in relation to who she had gone out with - an utterly hot, intelligent bloke who went on to be a drummer in a fairly-well known band. I'd seen he was on the fb group and I reckon she, and her face, were on a mission there 
Btw I fancied him loads and had snogs but at a party once he said the most crushing thing to me 'Not tonight WAF-ephine.' Jgeddit?
The thing that spoiled it was that this bloke who I had spent a lot of time with doing drama and speech comps - who sent me the most sophisticated Valentine I've ever had: A Valentine issue stamp as a postcard with 'I love' you written on the back in seven different languages - and whose elder brother I fancied and bought batteries I didn't need from most Saturday's in his Saturday job, well he was just so awkward last night. I was looking forward to some witty banter and chat about our lives but he started by ignoring me, then was all a bit.... creepy. 'I only came because of you. When we were 13, you didn't know, but I was madly in love with you.' Err, I DID know. In seven different languages 
. Then he grilled me on why I hadn't friended him on fb and I really regretted having greeted him by throwing my arms round him, which I was doing with everyone. And I couldn't really get him beyond that.
HILARIOUS!!!!!! MY PHONE JUST BEEPED AND IT'S HIM SENDING ME A FRIEND REQUEST. Is there a button for 'Sorry, it would be yes, but you were just too awkward.'
Then we all got chucked out and loads of people went to a late pub but I thought. This evening has given of me what it has to give and I went home.