It's 8.15am on a Monday Aberdeen holiday, and I'm in the office. The question I really have to ask is why......
I'd far rather still be lazing around at home, in a similar fashion to much of the weekend that has just passed. We made a point of taking it as easy as possible over both days and certainly succeeded in our endeavour - our sofa has rarely had backsides welded to it for such an elongated period.
On Saturday I left Carole sleeping while I got up with Luca at a particularly rude early hour. After he'd eaten half our kitchen Luca, Sima and I went for our morning constitutional (is such terminology still used this century?) up to the park, albeit after having our usual fight - he thinks it's particularly amusing not to let me take his nappy off when getting him dressed, and as he grows the battles become ever more intense!
Once this was out the way we stole Caroles Beemer and headed into Aberdeen to visit the library. The radio was branded ineffectual throughout the journey by particularly vociferous versions of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", along with Luca's detailed descriptions of our journey along the hilly backroads("going uuuuuupppp, down the waaaayyyy..."). However, the trip was a bust as, for some reason the library was closed. I'm guessing it was due to today being a local holiday. Typical council run service taking extended holidays and liberties......
After arriving home we bundled Carole into the car and made our way to Tesco, where the earliness of his awakening that morning started to take effect -he was exhausted, and ready for sleep. However, we made it through with minor grumbles from him (due mainly to opening coconut bars -before having paid for them! - and stuffing them in his mouth), and after a quick shot on the Bob the Builder ride outside made our way home to throw him into his cot before he sprouted horns from his head.
Carole took photo's of this on her phone (Luca on the ride, not sprouting horns), and I'll post these as soon as she downloads and emails them to me.
The rest of the day passed pretty much without event, with the exception of some pretty ordinary home made hamburgers I made for us.
Sunday was even lazier, and apart from a couple of hours work in the back garden (as well as the prerequisite dog walks) we stayed indoors most of the day. Considering the warm weather we had it should have been classified as a waste, but instead it was a tonic. This rest was what we both needed, and with Luca in quiet, well behaved mode (obviously not ALL day....) we were able to put our feet up. I spent some of it on the computer downloading music (albums by "As Cities Burn" and "The Doves") and playing a new football manager game.
As previously discussed, I don't really play games, they kind of bore me ("blasphemy" say Carole and Ross) but I do enjoy the odd shot of anything football related. In this game I became manager of Lincoln City, and led them to Champions League glory. Actually I didn't, I was rubbish, as were they.....
Carole and I also watched the two big games on the TV, Spurs V Newcastle, and Manchester Utd V Everton. The former was entertaining, purely in a callous way (it was hugely enjoyable watching Newcastles "saviour" Alan Shearer squirm as he realised they are going down....), while the latter was less so. Utd have been playing poorly for a couple of months now, and it looks like their season could fizzle out in much the same way as Aberdeen, Partick Thistle and Lincoln City's have. However, Carole, Luca and I may still visit Lincoln around the 24th May, in time for the last day of the Premiership season. I've registered myself as a Hull City fan in order to obtain tickets for their final day clash with Manchester Utd. Sneaky, but needs must, although I do worry about Carole not giving the game away as we sit amongst the Hull fans.....
What did Luca do, apart from cuddle up with Sima as the sunshine blasted through the living room window? Not a lot apart from his usual occasional tantrums and alternately great shows of affection!
Last night we watched a horror DVD called "Eden Lake", and it was the most disturbing this we've seen in quite some time. Even more disturbing than when Isis had diarrhoea...... The film, a British movie, seemed to catch onto the coat tails of modern paranoia, and didn't let up right until the final reel. I have to admit there were moments where I almost left the room, but despite this I have to recommend it. If you can take it.....
**Useless fact of the day - According to review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the critical consensus holds that the film is "a brutal and effective British hoodie-horror that, despite the clichés, stays on the right side of scary". The site rates the movie as "fresh", with a score of 82% based on 22 reviews**
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