Being off work sick for two days, sleeping and watching many episodes of Breaking Bad, wouldnât normally be something to complain about. After all, I wasnât in pain, even though I did feel like shite.
But I had a fucking ticket for yesterdayâs fucking match and I couldnât fucking go because I was fucking ill. Fuck.
You also had a ticket for Mondayâs Old Blokesâ Football but decided that youâd prefer to leave us in the lurch (4 v 5) and go home to watch Breaking Bad.
I know that whenever I feel ill the answer is to run around a freezing outdoor pitch with fat blokes trying to kick me - itâs even on the NHS website now as the best way to shake off a winter chill.
People exaggerating to justify an immediate course of action.
This morning, ms pap was shouting at Juvy #2, claiming that they needed to get to work and crucially that the car would run out of petrol if they didnât go immediately.
Now the car is a diesel, and I kept quiet about that technicality (largely because I know she does actually fill it with diesel) but I was out and about in it last night. According to the computer, it had 66 miles left when I parked up.
Sheâs got at most 15 miles of driving to do today in a city dotted with filling stations.
A small row was had. I may have called her a liar. When she tried to justify her claims with further claims, I asked if she was lying then too.
I feel a bit shit about it now. Granted, she was over-egging her case, but Iâve just gone down to the kitchen and discovered all the festive tuck sheâs bought me (that I asked for).
So, sat around pyjama-clad savouring a cup of tea while everyone else ran around frantically getting ready for a Monday morningâŚactually itâs diesel, dearâŚwell it had 66 miles on it last nightâŚyouâre a liarâŚmake that a double liar.
Bet that went down a storm. I reckon you should start sourcing some produce for the slap up dinner youâre making her tonight.
Iâll add the followingâŚa child that makes a miraculous recovery from illness when youâve rearranged your day completely (inconveniencing others in the process as well as missing a lecture from an academic pre-eminent in their field) to fit around them.
itâs quite annoying when you miss the turning off the motorway because youâre engrossed in a podcast youâre listening to and this end up adding 30 mins on top of a 90 mins journey. Fucking podcasts.