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I remain undefeated at the game of Kubbs. Admittedly I have only played twice but the important thing is that I have won twice. I might retire from the sport at the height of my powers. No one can take this away from me. It's a very enjoyable game and in today's match once again the lead swung from one team to the other, but the Herrings took it and this time I was the one to knock down the king for the victory.
We were round at the in-laws for the afternoon and gloriously once again leaving the kids with them for the night, so we could go out on a date (maybe our first Saturday night out of 2020) and more importantly have a lie-in.
Look, my kids are great and gave me great happiness today as they waved cheerily at us from the first floor windows as we played our Viking game, BUT I wish I'd never had them and was free to do whatever I wanted whenever I wanted.
That's not entirely true. If I hadn't have had them I would never have appreciated a night out or a morning lie-in. I mean, their existence means I can hardly ever have those things, but when I get them - boy, do I feel happy?
I haven't had an alcoholic drink in a little while - I can't remember when I stopped - it feels like ages ago, but it can only be two or three weeks as I was drinking on holiday. I thought about breaking my drought tonight, but I drove to the restaurant and then didn't feel like joining in when we got home, so I might make it to the end of the month. I am still in slight disbelief that the fear of the additional risks of being overweight during the Covid outbreak haven't got me back on a permanent health kick. It's like I want to die. But hopefully a lie-in after a night out will make me think that life is worth living after all.
We sat on a table next to a couple who I think might have been on a blind date. The woman was French and the man seemed too intrigued about it, whilst being entirely unknowledgeable about what that might mean. I only overheard the odd snatch, but I think she might have said she was from Lyons and then he started talking about the film Leon, which she had never seen. He found it astonishing that a French person hadn't seen this famous film, given it was about a French hitman. I am not sure the woman was all that impressed with the conversation, but as my wife would later point out she'd have been less impressed if she had seen the film with its somewhat dodgy attitude towards the young female child star. Probably not the kind of film you want to bang on about on a first date with a stranger.
As we left the man was going to the toilet and was asking his (I think temporary) companion what the French for toilet was. She told him “toilette†and he needed her to repeat it a few times. He laughed. She really didn't. I think he might have got back from the toilette to find she'd done une runner.
One forgets how terrible the single, dating life could be. And in a year with so few nights out, everyone counts in 2020. Maybe they just made the best of it.
The membership badge design for the Stone Clearers' Guild is now available to view. Every physical card will have its own unique number and we're strictly limited to 999999999999999999 members. Only availahle from this kickstarter.
So don't leave it too long to join in.
Things have picked up a bit in the last couple of days and I am starting to hope we might make the target by Friday. But there's a long way to go. Help out if you are interested and able.
