A Busy Start To March

Usually a weekly blog would summarise seven days but after a massive error on this site, a number of posts were mixed up so this weeks sees a nine day start to March.

Saturday was the first day of my 28th year and began with some blogging and a mixed day for my teams as Skem lost 2-1 away to Matlock but the evening saw Liverpool win 3-0 away to Southampton with an eight unlock haul on Glacier Blast getting the month's achievement chase off to a good start.

Sunday began with an outing for dinner due to our kitchen still being fitted so a lovely meal at the Vale Royal was a great preparation for the Wigan v Wakefield game where I returned to the DW after a three week wait which felt a lot longer. Gladly, it was a comfortable 46-24 win for Wigan and the evening saw a session on FIFA14 with a friend which saw a stint online.

Monday began with The Oscars which were a good three hours to watch and then I went off to bed for 5am and in the late morning, I did some DVD transferring while doing the usual Monday blog catch-up which a week later I am continuing with the tradition. The evening saw a nice long chat with a new friend I have gained via my blogging on a Wigan Facebook group and we began chatting as she is also a RL blogger and can be found on Twitter as @RLblogger and is very good for a beginner.

Tuesday began with some YouTube uploading from the weekend's events and some writing but in the afternoon, I got a POF message from an 18-year-old from Bootle and we connected well quite early and even chatted whilst I travelled to the Skem v Trafford game which was good as Skem won 3-1 to keep up their promotion hopes but at about 9.30, the replies stopped and it was only when I got home that I spotted she had suddenly blocked me for not reason as we were getting on very well.

Wednesday was a quiet day but saw my weekly weight and Xbox update with a slight disappointment as a gain in weight which can mainly be attributed to the fact we have had take out a lot during the kitchen fitting. The afternoon saw me collate all the information for my SL preview and write and publish it in the evening.

Thursday began with a letter from the Student Loan Company requesting information about how I am currently supporting myself and later I added another job to my applied list which had about six in progress and I filled in the SLC letter and posted on the way to the shop for the Advertiser. The evening saw more writing while taking in a superb documentary on the late Steve Prescott  - a true example of man who never gave up whatever the odds.

Friday saw an early wake up as I 'competed' for LFC tickets so hopefully I could finally attend a home league game after trying all season but despite having tickets in the basket, on confirming I got an unavailable message which means that someone else had got there quicker than me. There are still three more chances but all come against bigger sides so the allocation will be fewer on general sale, so next year the idea of a membership is in my thoughts.

The afternoon saw me write and publish my Wigan RL preview and contacted a football blogging site, with hopes to contributing but will see how that goes later this week and then I watched and blogged about the Sochi Paralympics opening ceremony as the evening drew in.

Saturday saw a perfect start to the weekend as the long-awaited Lego Simpsons House arrived in the post and the building began before the monthly trip to the Concourse which just like last month included more browsing than purchasing. The afternoon saw me go to my second Skem game in five days as they hosted Grantham but were stunned in a 2-1 loss which was my first league loss as a spectator.

Sunday saw an early outing as I made the short trip to WIgan before travelling on the coach up to Yorkshire for the game against Castleford which was a good day out despite losing late on 36-31 and it a place I would love to return to next season or even earlier depending on cup/playoff possibilities.

A long return trip saw me arrive in Wigan at 7.30, achingly 15 minutes late for the hourly bus so a trip to my favourite takeout place was followed by a 40 minute wait for the bus but a strange event made the wait quite amusing as I had a 20 minute conversation with a tipsy 40 something woman from Skem who from what she said had been on a bender with friends since Friday but was looking very good for it.

The bus home saw me have my tea and enjoy a brilliant episode of Top Gear followed by the highlights of Wigan's shocking win in the FA Cup away to Man City as the weekend drew to a close but one thought did hit me that was that I had had long conversations with four women this week and yet seem to be ignored on online dating sites for trying to end my single days.