In what may be the longest blog summary that I have ever done on this outlet the reason it has come late is because with every planned post, something had happened that encouraged me to delay but anyway enough putting off and more writing.
The month began with Tuesday and good news on the sporting front with the news that Liverpool had seigned Lallana which was a good start to the day and was followed by the unveiling of the new Xbox One profiles on the official site so a fair bit of time was spent viewing and checking my own profile into the afternoon.
The evening focused on a trip back to my childhood as I discovered a site that housed downloadable Commodore 64 games and in finding some of my old favourites such as Dual Cassette II, Detective and my all time favourite in Flimbo's Quest made for a very enjoyable night.
Wednesday began with a session on Minecraft and carried out the weekly Weight and Xbox update and to my surprise, I had gained weight despite a lot of exercise in the previous week but just means more has to be done and in the afternoon I continued my writing catch-up.
However in the early evening, I was stunned to read via Twitter the news of Millie-Rose Heaton passing away and came close to tears as even though I had an outsider view, she was a very inspirational young girl who brought the town of Skelmersdale together amazingly during her fight against Neuroblastoma and will live on in the minds of the town forever.
Thursday began with a morning of surveying online which so far this year has earned me nearly £100 and has helped with some much needed purchases with the afternoon seeing some research and analysis ahead of the writing of my weekly RL preview.
I stopped writing around 7pm to view a truly amazing tribute to Millie-Rose as hoards of balloons were released in memorial to her passing 24 hours before and the most fitting came as videos and images were posted from a huge tribute on the Greenhill in Old Skem which was a great way to honour such a wonderful young girl.
Later in the evening, I took in the Widnes v Castleford match via Sky Sports and had set a new record for views on a single post with my preview as inside an hour, the count reached 300 with my previous record being just 155.
Friday began superbly with the news that my view record had now reached 400 and I made me think that finally I had a wide audience for my posts and inspired me to put even more than the usual 100% that I put into previews. Later on, the catching up focused on Xbox blogging with a split screen for the viewing of the World cup and the match between Wakefield and Leeds.
Saturday began with my excitement keeping me awake so a huge caffeine hit in the morning was needed to prepare me for my longest Wigan away trip for a league game as I travelled down to London with a very relaxing four and a half hour journey.
Despite travelling solo on the coach, I was delighted that on arrival that I met up with Paul Campbell and his daughters Lucy and Megan who are devout Broncos fans but also have a liking of Wigan and are part of the Ancient and Loyal group I am in. The match saw a huge Wigan win but allowed me to see the two sides of the coin on how such a result can be as the anger and disappointment I saw in Paul showed just how passionate he was despite the players awful performance.
A long relaxing and partially drowsy trip home contained the writing of my match report which I should have left until being more awake as on returning home, I was informed by friends on A&L that I looked like I had written it in my sleep so a thorough read through was needed and some corrections followed.
Sunday began with a long lie in after a busy Saturday with some sorting out of my EA account and followed the viewing of the GB F1 race while following the day's RL games via Twitter and some Xbox blogging with the evening featuring a brief session on Guacamelee.
A new week began with Monday and the weekly magnet and blogging catch-up with the temptation to fulfil one of my goals for the year early and after some research took the jump and bought a ticket to the Liverpool v Dortmund friendly in August on a weekend that became free after Wigan's Challenge Cup exit.
Hopefully, it means that I will see a team of mine win rather than having to sit watching Leeds and Warrington face off for a place in the final. A lucky afternoon saw a random trio of games on the Lotto site resulted in a win of £24 with the evening focusing around the usual Monday TV and a session on FIFA 14 with a friend.
Tuesday saw a continuance of the writing and magnets with a stunning evening game in the World Cup with Germany winning 7-1 against the hosts nation Brazil and some play on Guacamelee into Wednesday which began with strange surprise.
A letter from HMRC arrived which included two tax calculations and a huge potential repayment which after an extensive phone conversation was proved true meaning I would receive a cheque from them for £454 which was a huge boost after a big spending month in June.
The afternoon featured research for the RL preview which has become more in-depth and the night ended with a FIFA14 session with a friend which continued into Thursday and in the morning an early phone call from Jay saw some discussion about the end of the month trip to Bradford.
The collating of my research resulted in the creation of the weekly RL preview followed by an exciting game between Wakefield and Widnes with some FIFA14 ending the night. Friday began with a nice positive as I unlocked the final achievement on FIFA14 meaning it was my 34th completion overall and first ever on a FIFA version.
The afternoon saw the announcement that an agreement had been reached for the sale of Luis Suarez which despite meaning the loss of such a great player was not heartbreaking after his antics had severely dented the club's reputation in recent years.
Super League Friday saw me watch Castleford v Huddersfield while following the other games via Twitter and setting up my RL board for the weekend and from there the weekend began with Saturday. A bumper morning for post saw my tickets for both the Dortmund and Bradford games arrive as well as my lucrative cheque from HMRC.
An afternoon on FIFA14 helping a friend unlock some achievements was followed by a superb game between Catalan and Wigan which was the first Wigan game this year that I hadn't attended due to it being in France and the cost preventing me from going so It was strange to be watching on TV but should be the only one I miss all season hopefully.
Sunday saw a more relaxed day to the previous few with the completion of the story on Guacamelee and a session on Dead Rising 3 with some blogging in the evening and a superb World Cup final which saw Germany edge a narrow in in extra time.
Another new week meant another Monday and a trip to the Concourse to cash my cheque and have a small browse before an afternoon writing up the Wigan report and the long reinstalling of Forza 5 on the Xbox One and the usual Monday night TV.
The summary comes to an end with yesterday and after a successful reinstalling, a session on Forza 5 followed by a go on Dead Rising 3 and later a session with a friend on Plants v Zombies Garden Warfare with the writing of my RL review of the weekend's action and a really interesting drama on BBC3 called Glasgow Girls.
A really packed fortnight with some really good high points but the continuing failure to find a job that I can fit into is a low point and hopefully will improve by the time of the next post by which I will have return to Wigan attending duties and maybe completed a goal or two.
The month began with Tuesday and good news on the sporting front with the news that Liverpool had seigned Lallana which was a good start to the day and was followed by the unveiling of the new Xbox One profiles on the official site so a fair bit of time was spent viewing and checking my own profile into the afternoon.
The evening focused on a trip back to my childhood as I discovered a site that housed downloadable Commodore 64 games and in finding some of my old favourites such as Dual Cassette II, Detective and my all time favourite in Flimbo's Quest made for a very enjoyable night.
Wednesday began with a session on Minecraft and carried out the weekly Weight and Xbox update and to my surprise, I had gained weight despite a lot of exercise in the previous week but just means more has to be done and in the afternoon I continued my writing catch-up.
However in the early evening, I was stunned to read via Twitter the news of Millie-Rose Heaton passing away and came close to tears as even though I had an outsider view, she was a very inspirational young girl who brought the town of Skelmersdale together amazingly during her fight against Neuroblastoma and will live on in the minds of the town forever.Thursday began with a morning of surveying online which so far this year has earned me nearly £100 and has helped with some much needed purchases with the afternoon seeing some research and analysis ahead of the writing of my weekly RL preview.
I stopped writing around 7pm to view a truly amazing tribute to Millie-Rose as hoards of balloons were released in memorial to her passing 24 hours before and the most fitting came as videos and images were posted from a huge tribute on the Greenhill in Old Skem which was a great way to honour such a wonderful young girl.
Later in the evening, I took in the Widnes v Castleford match via Sky Sports and had set a new record for views on a single post with my preview as inside an hour, the count reached 300 with my previous record being just 155.
Friday began superbly with the news that my view record had now reached 400 and I made me think that finally I had a wide audience for my posts and inspired me to put even more than the usual 100% that I put into previews. Later on, the catching up focused on Xbox blogging with a split screen for the viewing of the World cup and the match between Wakefield and Leeds.Saturday began with my excitement keeping me awake so a huge caffeine hit in the morning was needed to prepare me for my longest Wigan away trip for a league game as I travelled down to London with a very relaxing four and a half hour journey.
Despite travelling solo on the coach, I was delighted that on arrival that I met up with Paul Campbell and his daughters Lucy and Megan who are devout Broncos fans but also have a liking of Wigan and are part of the Ancient and Loyal group I am in. The match saw a huge Wigan win but allowed me to see the two sides of the coin on how such a result can be as the anger and disappointment I saw in Paul showed just how passionate he was despite the players awful performance.A long relaxing and partially drowsy trip home contained the writing of my match report which I should have left until being more awake as on returning home, I was informed by friends on A&L that I looked like I had written it in my sleep so a thorough read through was needed and some corrections followed.
Sunday began with a long lie in after a busy Saturday with some sorting out of my EA account and followed the viewing of the GB F1 race while following the day's RL games via Twitter and some Xbox blogging with the evening featuring a brief session on Guacamelee.
A new week began with Monday and the weekly magnet and blogging catch-up with the temptation to fulfil one of my goals for the year early and after some research took the jump and bought a ticket to the Liverpool v Dortmund friendly in August on a weekend that became free after Wigan's Challenge Cup exit.
Hopefully, it means that I will see a team of mine win rather than having to sit watching Leeds and Warrington face off for a place in the final. A lucky afternoon saw a random trio of games on the Lotto site resulted in a win of £24 with the evening focusing around the usual Monday TV and a session on FIFA 14 with a friend.
Tuesday saw a continuance of the writing and magnets with a stunning evening game in the World Cup with Germany winning 7-1 against the hosts nation Brazil and some play on Guacamelee into Wednesday which began with strange surprise.
A letter from HMRC arrived which included two tax calculations and a huge potential repayment which after an extensive phone conversation was proved true meaning I would receive a cheque from them for £454 which was a huge boost after a big spending month in June.
The afternoon featured research for the RL preview which has become more in-depth and the night ended with a FIFA14 session with a friend which continued into Thursday and in the morning an early phone call from Jay saw some discussion about the end of the month trip to Bradford.
The collating of my research resulted in the creation of the weekly RL preview followed by an exciting game between Wakefield and Widnes with some FIFA14 ending the night. Friday began with a nice positive as I unlocked the final achievement on FIFA14 meaning it was my 34th completion overall and first ever on a FIFA version.
The afternoon saw the announcement that an agreement had been reached for the sale of Luis Suarez which despite meaning the loss of such a great player was not heartbreaking after his antics had severely dented the club's reputation in recent years.
An afternoon on FIFA14 helping a friend unlock some achievements was followed by a superb game between Catalan and Wigan which was the first Wigan game this year that I hadn't attended due to it being in France and the cost preventing me from going so It was strange to be watching on TV but should be the only one I miss all season hopefully.
Sunday saw a more relaxed day to the previous few with the completion of the story on Guacamelee and a session on Dead Rising 3 with some blogging in the evening and a superb World Cup final which saw Germany edge a narrow in in extra time.
Another new week meant another Monday and a trip to the Concourse to cash my cheque and have a small browse before an afternoon writing up the Wigan report and the long reinstalling of Forza 5 on the Xbox One and the usual Monday night TV.
The summary comes to an end with yesterday and after a successful reinstalling, a session on Forza 5 followed by a go on Dead Rising 3 and later a session with a friend on Plants v Zombies Garden Warfare with the writing of my RL review of the weekend's action and a really interesting drama on BBC3 called Glasgow Girls.
A really packed fortnight with some really good high points but the continuing failure to find a job that I can fit into is a low point and hopefully will improve by the time of the next post by which I will have return to Wigan attending duties and maybe completed a goal or two.
No comments:
Post a Comment