Foul Weather & Football

This weekend was marked by repeated rain. Sunday was non-stop rain, and the only time I ventured out on Saturday it was raining. This morning started off with rain, and delayed trains, and cancelled trains, and waiting on cold, wet platforms.

In other words, I wasn't too optimistic about the condition of tonight's football. However, it brightened up! The weather cleared up, having run out of rain, and the five-a-side pitch wasn't too bad. End result was a successful game, and getting into the swing of playing every week is helping - I'm starting to get slightly better and equally be in slightly better condition too!

Also, I've stopped getting injured. This is a major plus. Although I did take a ball square to the chest before we started. I wasn't looking in that direction. It was a little surprising!

Odd Link ...

So, being naked in dreams is a representation of inner vulnerabilities. This is one that's fairly commonly known. I mention this because I had a dream last night / this morning where I was naked or not wearing much at work. It doesn't take a genius to join the dots there!

However, in typical vein, this took me on to the odd thinking. If you dreamt you were naked and at work, what would that mean if your job was a porn star?

... I did say it was odd.

Another Week Down

This week I feel once more like I have successfully done absolutely nothing. It's becoming a tedious pattern that I intend to break next week.

Surprise Pub Trip!

So this evening I made a surprise detour to the pub! Exciting! This was unexpected, but hastily arranged this evening and an excellent time was had by all. Was especially good to catch up with Paul as haven't heard much from him and his various job hunt exploits (now successfully resolved) for a while.

This was an event only marred by the regrettable news that Mike has still not taken advantage of my generousity of lending him the immense Transformers (cartoon version of the movie) DVD by yet watching it.

Persistence

To keep the run going, I'm blogging both on Monday and Tuesday. I aim to not fail for the rest of the week.

I had a good topic earlier that I was going to rant about in my blog today, but I have now entirely forgotten what it was. Clearly, it wasn't that annoying. Now it's annoying me that I can't remember what the annoying thing was.

Today was the post-football day and I wasn't suffering notably from any particular aches, pains and bruises. This is an achievement! I will dwell on this instead.

This Weekend ...

... I have been mostly blowing my nose. Unexciting, yes. Being sick is annoying.

Also, anyone else of my few readers noticed how my commitment wanes about ... Tuesday through the week? It's around this point I stop having anything to say and wait until next week when I feel seemingly compelled to start again. Odd, anyway, as it's not as if one day is more particularly noteworthy than the next.

Lyrical Interlude

As a random aside, the Green Day lyric from Homecoming - as I was listening to it on the way home - is one of my favourite lyrics. 'Jesus filling out paperwork' (at the facility on East 12th Street, he's not listening to a word, he's in his own world and he's off dreaming'). Fabulous, the entire concept amuses me.

In other news, the grand tour is coming together. We have one or two confirmed places to visit in January. Exciting stuff! The Molloys in Leeds, and at least catching up with people in Durham.

I love it when a plan comes together.

Rainy Weekend

So it seems that this weekend was another of the typical weekends where I look outside at the rain pouring down on Saturday, and feel bitter and jealous about my sister in sunny Australia and my Dad in must-be-better-weather-than-this in Madrid this weekend. Typical! Not that I begrudge them their holidays in the sun, but still, that rain thing is very tedious.

However, the deluge didn't prevent me from finally playing football this evening. I'd not played for probably two months and I'll just leave it at the fact that it showed.

Busy Week!

Well, I said it was going to be a busy-ish week. It wasn't too quiet. Poker on Thursday was awesome, as I didn't play last month. It gave me a much needed points boost on the leadership table as I finished second and closed to within a point of the overall leader.

Wednesday had been a quasi-successful meeting event. Not that it wasn't successful, but that Chris and Paul both had to drop out so were unable to make it fully successful. But arranged at a first try, people turning up, and a damn good meal makes it a success in my books!

Talking about turning up, Chrissi and I have been talking about going visiting when she is here in January. Thought it would be nice to go drop by some of our friends that live a little further away. If they'll have us, that is. Interested in us coming by you? Fill in the easy and simple request form ... ha ha. Just tell me, we're flexible.

Ignore That, Then

So my comment on Tuesday as to how I had a busy week planned suddenly became less relevant when football disappeared from the agenda, predominantly due to not enough people being able to turn up. Everyone seems to be injured.

Annoying! I'm going to be severely out of condition and practice by the time I do get around to playing again!

Making it Past Tuesday

Last week or so - well, just last week - I've gotten until Tuesday and then stopped blogging. This week, with it being Wednesday, I'm determined to say something even though I've not got much to update.

However, I do have the news that I'm back. Not that I've been away in a physical sense. This will make no sense, but it's true.

Social Activity

Bizarrely I seem to have lots of plans at the moment. Friday I'm going out for a meal after work with folk from work.

I have also this evening successfully completed the arrangement of a general gathering for folk at home. Those of you baffled at my delight do not understand the logistical nightmare of finding a common date and time that works for a majority. This happens next Wednesday! I also have poker next Thursday at work, and football on Monday.

Any volunteers to fill up Tuesday? Space for limited time only!

Leave of Absence

Well, after the exciting start to last week, I felt compelled to keep it up. When I couldn't manage it, I clearly stopped blogging. Not much actually did happen the rest of the week.

Today is always a poignant and thoughtful day for me, as it marks the anniversary of my mother's death. It's hard to believe it has been eight years now, but it has. Nothing more to say on that, really.