Round
December 30th 2017 Today I finally got the round of golf I’ve been pining for all week. I’ve tried to play golf three times this week, but on each occasion I’ve been club-blocked by the weather. But today we got … Continue reading Round
Month: December 2017
Limbo
December 29th 2017 Today we made the most of the Christmas holidays. Alice and I spent the vast majority of this Friday (is it Friday today? I’ve lost track) in a duvet watching the new series of Black Mirror on Netflix, … Continue reading Limbo
Scupper
December 28th 2017 Today our plans for golf were whited out – literally. In this modern age, I’m not entirely sure how it took until literally the moment I drove up to the course and saw the ‘CLOSED’ sign for … Continue reading Scupper
Phoebe
December 27th 2017 Today our day-after-Boxing-Day plans were scuppered by an inch of snow. The boy-cousins, the boy-friends, my dad, and his dad were supposed to play in a golf tournament at 9:30am, but when we woke up to whiteness, … Continue reading Phoebe
Makeshift
December 26th 2017 Today we broke our own world record for the number of family members at Boxing Day dinner. I think previously our best was 17 people, whereas today we had 19. We were supposed to have 20, but … Continue reading Makeshift
Navidad
December 25th 2017 Today is Christmas Day – in case you hadn’t figured it out. It was a weird one. It was, I think, the first time in my life that I didn’t eat Christmas dinner with my Mum and … Continue reading Navidad
Vanilla
December 24th 2017 Today we reneged on a Christmas Eve tradition. A Christmas tradition so sacred that it goes all the way back to 52 weeks ago. Last Christmas Eve Alice and I decided, for some reason, to watch Tom … Continue reading Vanilla
Group
December 23rd 2017 Today we had our yearly Christmas Eve eve catch up night together with our core group of school friends. That’s a poorly constructed sentence, but never mind. We had beer, and pizza, and FIFA, and beer, and … Continue reading Group
Montana
December 22nd 2017 Today started on a train and ended in a curry house. I had to get the train in to put in a token last appearance at work of the year because I had too many beers after … Continue reading Montana
Billiards
December 21st 2017 Today I’m on a late train home from work. I’m about five beers over the limit ( by which I mean I’ve had five beers) and had to run to the station to catch the last train. … Continue reading Billiards
