Sunday, May 15, 2005

The Weekend's Too Short

Friday evening and thewife hadn't been feeling well all day. Migraine. Meant that having taken the free range organic chicken out of the freezer it had to be cooked or slung. I was loathe to sling it, so it was going to be a long wait for dinner. As it turned out, we managed for about 8.30pm and by then the cook's perks had made the time pass quicker. Damn fine chicken too.

Saturday, beautiful day so I reckon we can barbecue tonight except that I have to put the barbecue together. How hard can it be? Well I starts off around twelve gathering the tools and checking the parts are all in the package, which they are. I'm being picked up for the football at 1.30pm which means a pint or two before the game. I have just about got the legs on when I have to leave. I'm beginning to wonder if a barbecued dinner is going to be manageable if the rest of it takes as long to put together. The football itself is a bit of an anti-climax. Turgid stuff, with quite a few Killie players out injured. Livingston are well supported, with excluding the Old Firm, one of the loudest most colourful supports I've seen and heard this season, with their BIG Forza Livi Italian style banners and army of drummers. Perhaps it's because they are facing relegation that their fans have really got behind them, but nevertheless, their team aren't capable of matching their fans' expectations. Despite the almost entirely tedious game, 2 goals towards the end of the match pretty much conclude matters.

Then its home and I manage surprisingly quickly to put the barbecue together and its off down the supermarket to get stuff to cook on and stuff to cook. Steak, courgettes and briquettes. Forgot about the barbecue lighters didn't I, thewife by this time is off to deliver a message to a friend which leaves me with newspaper to try and light the damn thing. Half an hour later thewife is back with the motor and I have hardly got the thing alight, so off she goes for the lighters. I reckon it is going to be midnight before we eat but as it turns out its only a quarter to nine, mid May with still really warm sunshine to bask in. We were still sitting out as the light was fading, drinking and listening to Leadbelly and somewhat eerily Vaughn Williams' Lark Ascending whilst actually watching larks ascend into the twighlight. Bliss, but getting chillier by the moment.

Sunday and thewife is preparing to head off to Skye with mumsy and auntie for a short "holiday." I'll be dropping them off this afternoon, but before that there is young Chloe's first communion with no drink for me as I'll be driving. Later I may go to the quiz but I'm not so sure, with thewife gone and Lady El doing a 10k this afternoon, I'll be teamless.
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