Mahinda’s Little World

Quick update on what I’ve been up to post-Riga:

• Tuesday
  Rest day, I think, and I really really needed it! I know I didn’t play squash…oh yeah, I went over to Pete and Rosy’s to watch 24, which Rosy had taped on Sunday evening.
• Wednesday
  Hockey in Platt Fields. Followed by King Cobra, as a goodbye to the studenty types - Sarah in particular. It was quite sad seeing her go - it seems like only yesterday, sometimes, that I met her and Tall (and maybe Leila was with them too) at the MUGSS Wine Evening of their Freshers’ Week, and now she’s graduating.
• Thursday
  MUGSS End-of-Year Party, at the Canal St. (or thereabouts) BaaBar. Nice enough, but by no means great. It was something of a goodbye party for Matt and Ashley, neither of whom I know very well. Or "at all" in Matt’s case, to be honest.
• Friday
  Headed over to Crewe to watch Emily in, "Cooking with Elvis" - it was very good, and highly amusing, and she totally upstaged her Tiffany’s-mum-off-Eastenders co-star
  It was Em’s first big job (or thereabouts) as a professional actress. She was playing a fat northern 14-year-old…and did very well indeed, considering that she’s not fat or northern, and certainly not 14!
• Saturday
  Hockey tournament in Wilmslow, on an absolutely baking hot day, then I watched England-Paraguay before heading to Cattac and Sarah’s housewarming barbecue. They’ve got a lovely house, out in the sticks of West Manc, complete with great garden and Tig, the cutest kitten EVER
• Sunday
  Stayed over at Cattac and Sarah’s, and my hayfever was REALLY playing up. Chilled out in the garden with them all for a while, before heading home, clearing up our yard a bit (with the aid of a spade borrowed from the nice lady at no.9), and managed to almost fix my bike, which has been out of action for something like 10 months - I had to take a shifter apart, which is why it was A Big Job. Just the fine adjustment to go, now.
• Monday
  Shooting. Rubbish. Damn hayfever
  On the bright side, Wee Dave furnished me with Nic’s email addy - she’s a friend of Kate, Dave’s girlfriend, whom I’d met at the Stockport Beer Fest - and we agreed to meet up for a drink after shooting. I met her at her place, and we took in a couple of pubs before calling it a night. A very pleasant evening, really. Popped into Tesco on the way home for some shopping.
• Tuesday
  Hockey tournament at Belle Vue. I had two a mediocre game, two good games (one very good), and then a bit of a shocker - came on as a sub, and my first touch gave the ball to an attacker on the edge of the D. My second touch was to tackle him…and concede a penalty in the process - okay, it was a bit of a hack, but I DID take the ball. Our opposition asked me what the penalty was for as I walked disconsolately past them, which pretty much sums it up.
  After hockey, I went over to Helen C’s place for a cuppa and a chat. Ended up having to rescue her flatmate’s cat from Outside…and have a small scratch to prove it!
• Wednesday
  Platt Fields hockey, followed by the last Manchester Ceilidh of the season. Fun. Knackering, though. Said my goodbyes to Zen, who I probably won’t see for a year and a half now.
• Thursday
  Yesterday. What did I do?! Oh yes - went to see Hot Mikado at the Alty Garrick, featuring Justin as Koko. Was very good - definitely a fun show to watch as well as to do. I’d not seen the "hot" version before. Squeezed in some Belgian beer in the early evening sunshine with Rick and Katy beforehand, which was nice.

And that’s about it. Off to the folks’ place tonight, and on to London tomorrow, for Lizzie and Karen’s birthdays.