Had a nice weekend. Saturday morning was spent tidying up the garden a bit. There were leaves everywhere from the recent windy weather. I could have filled a small truck with them I think. Some of them ended up in the wheely bin, the rest were spread around as mulch for the garden beds. For once, it was actually enjoyable raking up leaves. With this change in attitude, the garden may receive a bit more attention from me in the future!
Meanwhile, Nigel was at his motorcycle course. I get the impression he thoroughly enjoyed it, and he’s looking forward to his next two lessons.
In the evening we went and saw Bulletproof Monk with Nigel’s friend, Max. It was a dodgy movie, but not quite as dodgy as I was expecting. I was prepared for dodginess of the worst kind, but it never reached amazingly dodgy heights. After some dinner, we went to Bubbles Cafe on Albert Street, just off the Queen Street Mall. I’ve been there before, and it’s become one of my favourite coffee and cake bars. Max is Nigel’s friend from school, but I always enjoy chatting with him too.
Sunday was taken up with watching TV and doing the normal housework bits and pieces. The World Game showed the 1990 World Cup final between West Germany and Argentina. It wasn’t very exciting, and the play acting of the German’s and the bad refereeing marred to spectacle. West Germany were the best team in the tournament, but they could have won the final in a more convincing way. A dubious penalty decided it very late on in the game, and this was after another dubious incident when an Argentine was sent off because Klinsmann did his best impression of being hit by a bus when he had hardly been touched.
I managed to do quite a bit on my lit survey paper today. In fact, I think I did more work today than in the whole of last week. Now I’m going to leave work a bit early and finding something to do at home.
