well, its been a couple of years since I last wrote on this blog, and with the start of the F1 season fast approaching I thought it would be a good time to start it again.
so much has changed in the past couple of years its unbelieveable, and all of it for the good.
Firstly, and most importantly the biggest, bestest most important change is the fact that I am no longer single!!
It started as a normal marshalling weekend. I turned up at the circuit and found that had been allocated to post 5, one of my favourite posts. A promising start to the weekend. I Had my usual brands breakfast, then headed up to post. After post briefing from uncle Don, I found myself paired up with a marshal I had seen about but never really spoken to, other than receiving the obligatory abuse that marshals give and receive when they are the "wrong" side of the fence.
Anyways, his name was Sean. We got chatting, firstly about the racing that was going on, and then about each other. By the end of the day I think it was fair to say that we had become friends. sunday proved equally as much fun, especially as we were quite literally surrounded by caterhams in the gravel trap, 6 to be precise. I forget what other cars we pulled out that weekend, but there were 27 in total, still my busiest weekend to date.
Looking back on that day, I cannot believe how naive I was. How I just thought the hand on my back was Sean being friendly, I thought nothing about the fact he kept leaning over to look at my program despite the fact he had his in his pocket. But in my defence, I had been single at that point for 8 years, the idea that someone was interested in me was not in my head at all. Plus, he was older than me (not that that makes any difference as far as I am concerned now). as far as I was concerned, he was another marshal that I got on well with. It didn't even register when he came bouncing over at the end of the day asking for my phone number. so, we swapped numbers, he took me out go-karting, and it all went from there.
Now, nearly 18 months later, I am happier than I thought I could ever be, with a man who means the world, no, more than that, he means everything to me. From the moment I wake up to the time I close my eyes to sleep he is constantly on my mind. Little things through the day will remind me of him, make me smile, and make me realise how much I miss him when i'm not with him.
Since that day we have been marshalling abroad, I have marshalled my first grand prix (silverstone 2011) and we are off to Germany again this year for the 24 hour race at the nurburgring. Marshalling starts again in 2 weeks, and the F1 season starts this weekend - Australia. Must be time to order in the new mclaren teamwear.....going to need it so I can wear it proudly at the end of the year when we are constructors champions, and have a drivers champion.
Keep blogging!
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