Once upon a time in a kingdom far far away… there was a short little blonde thing that used to be all bubbly early in the morning pissing off all the people who dragged themselves out of bed at half nine looking like they’d just slept at the bottom of a cocky cage with a racoon, a bowl of noodles and a hairdresser named Shazza.
I vaguely remember that short little blonde thing… but seems to have disappeared. I used to get up, be awake and alert straight away and jump out of bed and get on with my morning – no problems. Now…. I’m desperately trying to cling to sleep, and the first thing I’m aware of is the ridiculous amount of back pain I’ve been in all night. Working nights is fun.. the place is quiet, we get to have a bit of a laugh and it’s really relaxed and groovy compared to when the whole place is full of people. But when I get home around midnight, it takes me a couple of hours to wind down and then I find myself going to sleep each night around 0200. Which in itself wouldn’t be a problem…. EXCEPT I CAN’T SEEM TO SLEEP IN!!!
I’m waking up between 0630 and 0800 on a good day and then have to set about getting the rug rat all pack off to school. So tired… all the time. I need a holiday.
Oh wait! I’m going on holiday… in four weeks! Woo hoo!!! 🙂 Istanbul !!!… Istanbul !!… Istanbul ! … Slight tangent here, but I can’t think about Istanbul without envisaging BluddyMary jumping around the Topkapi Palace singing that ridiculous song…
Now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Now it’s Turkish delight on a moonlit night
Every gal in Constantinople
Lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
So if you’ve a date in Constantinople
She’ll be waiting in Istanbul
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can’t say
People just liked it better that way
So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can’t go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That’s nobody’s business but the Turks
Istanbul (Istanbul)
Istanbul (Istanbul)
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it I can’t say
People just liked it better that way
Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it’s Istanbul, not Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That’s nobody’s business but the Turks
So take me back to Constantinople
No, you can’t go back to Constantinople
Been a long time gone, Constantinople
Why did Constantinople get the works?
That’s nobody’s business but the Turks
Istanbul