I’ve never been a huge fan of professional sports. Actually, I’ve never been much of a fan at all. Sure, I’ve been to a few baseball games, and I go to all the school football games (heh…not to watch the football), but follow it? Not my cup of tea.
This soccer shindig, though, was good fun. It was the Heart of Midlothian FC (Football Club) vs. FC Barcelona. There’s something about the clashing tones of obnoxious guys singing in a goal-induced high that's rather nice. In an out-of-key sort of way. And all the guys get excited when their team scores, jumping out of their seats or yelling at the referee, or just singing one of many songs about the team, the sport, the players...
I, needless to say, have a bit of a headache.
The game was good too. Hearts lost 3-1, but the goals were good and anyways, I've always found soccer a mildly interesting sport to follow, probably because I played it when I was little. I wasn't good, I never scored, mostly played defense and commented on the game in my head ("They were the last like of defense between the attackers and the castle walls..."). Hm. I never claimed to be a normal kid. But I did enjoy it, and you're always more interested in watching things you've tried yourself. So that's good.
Dinner was amazing tonight - broccoli and cauliflower in a cheese sauce and rhubarb crumble...I've never been a fan of rhubarb (except its spelling, which is amusing), it's quite tart, but the ice cream and crumble balanced it perfectly.
Packing tonight, home tomorrow. It'll be a 29-hour day. Exhausting. Out of the house at nine, flight around noon, home at maybe one or two local time, a good few hours to get through customs and baggage, then the agonizing last lap - two hours home from the airport. Home between six and eight.
Until then...iPod land and A Little Princess. Good book. I read it at Christmas too, the last time we visited. Hopefully I'll get to raid the airport bookstores before our flight. Most of my mini-library is from pre-flight shopping. Good stuff. =)
Erg. Travel. I'm going to read.
See you all SOON!!!
--Iona
9 responses:
Did I get a Hearts top too?
Don't run there tomorrow morning ...I'm just joking! Have a safe flight and I will see you tomorrow!
Love You!
You know for you we would. =) Love you lots. And yay! You're getting hugged big time, assuming I'm awake at the time.
yay joyce is coming home!!!!
You guys have to visit around 6 P.M. tomorrow cause I work from 11-5 and I'll need an hour to recover from the traumatic experience and then I can tell you all about it and then you can tell me all about Scotland and Danica and I can tell you why seeing The Simpsons Movie was stupid.
Yes.
I has presents for you two. Mostly in the form of candy. It's in a suitcase somewhere. I'll find it.
Will Danica be here?
And I'm volunteering from 8-somewhere between 12 and 4 anyways. So that's good.
danica will be there.
she may have casey in tow, but danica will be there.
Yay, Proper Football! (see facebook group "Petition to Revoke the independance of the United States of America")
I love "A Little Princess"! I read it, too!! I thought I was the only teenager who liked stuff like that.
it's totally an amazing book. i love it.
I truly am in love with the several incarnations of Nessie you bought me... I ate one of them.
I'm so glad you guys visited me... Wow, those clouds looked angry.
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