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Nil satis nisi optimum for Oxford tramps...
I have had a boss week of birthday shenanigans
Went to Liverpool on Easter Sunday and had a mini gathering of family on the Bank Holiday Monday. Much booze and cake. Tremendous.
Over to Manchester on Tuesday to get some more boss food and a trip to the Imax to see Watchmen on the mahoosive screen. It was beyond boss. Then a drive back to the Ox for a relatively chilled Wednesday, which included some gardening. Them dandelion roots don't half grip!
Thursday was the BDay itself. Opened me pressies which I did well out of, and went to MK snowdome to try my new bindings out. They were superbly light but I got knackered far too quickly - need to lose some chub and fast.
Friday me and Em cleaned the house for "something that was happening". I had no idea what it was. Then my folks and bro and his missus turn up out of the blue. "What's all this then" I thought.
Saturday morning saw an early start and loads of my mates showing up at the door. I am now massively confused.
Turns out Em had hired a canal barge for the day! We all took loads of booze and set off down the canal towards the Thames. Most people had a go of driving with varying degrees of success. Great fun though! Then some more booze in the evening but everyone was knackered so it was an early dart for most, me included.
Then to top it all Everton, who have provided me with so much heartache and gallant losses down the years, went and beat Man U on penalties at Wembley. I was sat in front of the telly in disbelief. What a gang of heroes. Also hearing some of the stories from returning blues about the former players being taken down by Kenwright is superb. Alan Ball once said "Once Everton has touched you, nothing is the same". He was bang on.
Let's win the fucker.
Also a sad farewell to my brother's hamster Mr Bear who passed away peacefully over the weekend. He never did find whatever it was he was looking for down the back of my shirt. Anyway RIP Mr Bear, you giant hamster you. The moral of the story is, don't eat hardback books to escape your cage like he did.