Howdy folks, I'm back and better than ever. As you may know, I recently injured my finger whilst playing for QVR and was had to have an operation to straighten the little blighter back in shape. To do this, a wire was inserted into my finger and before long I dubbed the man with the 'bionic finger' by my peers (well mainly Emma). However today, coincidently being the happiest day of the year, the wire has been removed and I am no longer the bionic wonder I used to be. I am still confined to a splint, which sucks because I really would like to drive and I miss it so much. I suppose I cannot moan too much, at least I'm not some Wolverine wannabe!I wish I could tell you of my adventure with the NHS but i can't be arsed. All that waiting and painful clock watching finally became routine to me, week after week of accepting that a trip to the Trauma Clinic was a complete waste of an hour or two in bed. I don't need to exaggerate the sheer shambolic state of our health service; I'm sure Nye Bevan would have never wanted to see cluttered waiting rooms and piss poor ambulance call out times in his vision of a national health service. I just hate the fact that I settled for that being the norm because it shouldn't be. We do expect more for our tax money, don't we? To conclude this frustrating sector of the post two words - General Anaesthetic. Damn, I didn't realise how much of a punch that stuff can have......
My picture above should be recognisable to you by now as World Cup fever has dominated our TV screens. Hawarden's finest son (notice the stress upon the town of which he was born) Michael Owen, pictured above, is now out of the World Cup after injuring himself in the first minute of England's clash against Sweden. Maybe now Theo Walcott can have a shot at playing in this year's tournament, although Sven seems to be content in sticking with Rooney and Crouch. I certainly hope Walcott gets a game because he seems to be a real one for the future. Besides that, what is the point of taking someone you are not going to play? Im sure Darren Bent and Jermaine Defoe are cursing a certain Swede right as we speak!
Last week Jen, Chris, Greg and I took on Cornwall and won. Well, if you consider a £18 quid Sun holiday with accomodation the size of a closet winning then you can suppose I have won a lot in my life! We stayed just outisde of Newquay in a small caravan and chalet park with a pool, crazy golf, clubhouse...... oh yeah I just forgot, Jen wrote about this on her blog. Check out all the details on there. Pictures will also be up soon, so watch this space.
For all my other news, here it is condensed in small meaty chunks!
Cant wait to go to Tunisia next week * Dissertation has been started * Planning a trip to Liverpool via Aberysytwyth and North Wales * Saudi Arabia are my work sweepstake team and Im sure they will be eliminated tonight (what a surprise!)
