Saturday 11th August 2007
A weekend at home, something of a luxury for me. I had loads to do. So much in fact, that I made a quick list on Friday night of all the things I wanted to achieve on Saturday alone. Ten items in total but a range of simple to complex tasks. I got up early this morning and headed out just after 8.30am, to go into town. I was long over due a haircut. However, I got to the barbers around 9am exactly, only to find it packed. Maybe I should not have wasted a few minutes, waiting in the car. It took over twenty minutes before I got seen to. Never mind, I was happy to wait. After my haircut, I headed to ASDA to give my suit in for dry cleaning and pick up some essentials for breakfast. When I got home, I showered and had some breakfast, planning in my head which task I would go for next. It was around 11am now, so I jumped on the computer for a while, burnt some albums for a friend and waited for Football Focus to return. Great to have the show back, even though I could watch Soccer Saturday on Freeview, I prefer the flagship show from the Beeb. At 1pm, it was time for me to get out into the sunshine and do some work. I cleaned the car inside and then gave it a quick wash and rinse, nothing spectacular, it was in need of a clean. Then I came inside, time for some lunch. Before I ate, I watched the closing twenty minutes of the lunchtime kick off. Fantastic to see Michael Chopra score the first goal of the new season. After lunch, I went over to my room, switched on my stereo to FiveLive and listened to live coverage. Next job was to clean my shower room, it was in a bad state. It took a while but I got there, then I went through and cleaned my room. I had loads of paperwork and bits and pieces to sort out. However, I was glad to get the mess out of the door.
I watched Soccer Saturday, as the results came in and continued to burn some more CDs for my friend. (Don’t you just love having television on the PC.) Then, I put the radio back on for commentary on the evening kick off. Nice to see Liverpool win and of course Tottenham lose. I was looking forward to watching Match Of The Day tonight. While I had dinner, I watched Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life. I have the original on DVD (got it for Christmas in fact) and saw it a few years ago. It was quite enjoyable, for a popcorn movie even though I have never been a real fan of the games and only played the original on the PC. It was something to pass the time before the football highlights. It was good, but as usual the plot is so difficult to follow, although it was much more violent that then first movie, with a bigger emphasis on action. Will there be a third?
My final training session tomorrow morning, the results day. I will find out if I have made any progress since I started the course in mid July. I am looking forward to it, hoping I have made a good improvement. The main thing is to continue doing something active in the coming few weeks and stop myself from slipping back into a couch potato. After training, I will come back, have some lunch while listening to the radio commentary to Arsenal versus Fulham. Then around 3.30pm, I am heading over to Vue Reading to watch Rush Hour 3 with my sister. I am really looking forward to it, the first two movies were great and I saw the second movie while at University, in my first year. Chris Tucker is a talented comic, I just wish he would stop being so lazy and appear in a few more movies. Will post a review later in the week, perhaps even tomorrow night if I have time.