I didn’t like the new design and don’t have the spare few minutes to make another one at the moment, so I’ve reverted back to my old design

I like this one anyway. It feels like home.

Just playing around with some new designs, so things might look a little different for the next few days.

Don’t be alarmed if you see any pictures out of place or errors, it’ll just be me testing and breaking new features!

I’m going to have to mention the awesome weather that we’ve had this weekend. EVERY year for the last 4-5 years, it has rained on my birthday. This has meant that we’ve never really been able to do any major outdoor activities, which kinda sucks when it’s the end of summer or if you just want to spend some time with family and friends.

I’ll just give a quick run down of what happened over this weekend…

Friday

Had a nice lie-in until about 10:30am. Woke up to find my mum cooking me bacon sandwiches (yay!). We opened all the cards I had from friends and relatives (thank you!), and then I opened the present from my parents. They bought me a black iPod Nano, which will come in rather handy over the next few months as I start cycling again. It’s always good to be able to listen to music on the move

My sister came home at around 11:30am and she gave me a selection of chocolates from an organic chocolate shop in Chichester. Very nice, but not quite what I need right now…I wanted to eat less sweet things, but I’m sure we can still enjoy them in moderation! We then went out for a round of golf in Arundel…well I say golf, but it’s more of a large 18 hole putting green. My sister, Jo, managed to go round the course in 74 shots…I don’t think I’ve ever seen her play so badly. It was extremely funny!

We then came home to meet my dad, and then we all went to Itchenor, where we met up with a friend of my parents, Martin. He owns a 37ft yacht which we all went out sailing on. It was the first time that I’ve ever sailed in anything more than those crappy Topper dinghies and I was extremely impressed. The weather was great, sailing was awesome, the views were wonderful aaaaaaaand we had smoked salmon sandwiches!!! Oooh and lots of alcohol There were a few pics taken, I’ll try and get some uploaded in the next few days.

We finished sailing at around 8:30pm and headed back home where we met my nan (lots of meeting people!!). We then had dinner in a new pub/restaurant built beside a local racecourse. It was a great atmosphere and the food was good too. I bumped into my best friend, Aaron and ended up sitting with him, his cousin and work-mate Darren after dinner. My family went home after that and I stayed out for a few drinks. Aaron’s cousin Dan bought me a couple of ‘birthday drinks’ which apparently contained…2 shots of Jack Daniels, 2 shots of Vodka and a splash of Coke. It was actually quite nice…although I’m sure it made me quite tipsy

Saturday

I woke up feeling pretty dead on Saturday, as I didn’t get much sleep the night before. My dad was a bit unhappy as I woke him up when I came home at around 3am. I had a Cricket match to play, so I figured it was easier for me to come home and get my stuff ready at home, rather than rely on a lift from Aaron’s house, when he might be lazy and not wake up until too late.

The game started at 1pm and we played Brighton & Hove. It was just a friendly match, but it was quite good fun, especially with the sunshine that we had. We beat them quite comfortably and I apparently hit the “shot of the match”, according to our old farts in the team

We stayed behind after the game for a few drinks and a discussion on the future of the club. Things are looking really bright for the next few years but the priority is definitely with bringing the young players through and helping them to grow into very good cricketers.

It seems that the game this weekend, will be the last one that is played until next season. We were going to have an inter-club game at the ground next weekend, but sadly this appears to have been cancelled as it wasn’t guaranteed that we could have 22 players available during the day. I’m hoping that more people will actually attend the Presentation Evening that is on in the evening though.

Sunday

Ohh I was lazy today actually. I woke up at around Midday with the intention of watching the football all day and lazing around in the lounge. I actually ended up doing a bit of work on my laptop first though. Then watched the Chelsea v Liverpool game. Pretty unhappy with the result as the team did more than enough to get a draw, if not win the game. Most pundits seem to think that Liverpool have thrown away the title with the defeat today. I guess we will see in 8 months time!

Jo’s new boyfriend, Olly was here again this weekend. I think that makes it 4 weekends out of the last 5 that he has been down/or they’ve been away. It’s quite an interesting one as he’s based so far away (lives in Gloucester/is in the Army), so he’s obviously either really into her or he just likes collecting points at the local petrol stations for all the miles he’s driving. Hey, what could be better? Dating my sister and getting a free DVD player with your points…. hah

We all had Chinese for dinner (takeaway not people). It was quite nice to sit around and have dinner, chat a little. I didn’t have any pudding though and came upstairs when I had finished as I had emails to read and some work to catch up with.
So yeah, that was my weekend. Not bad at all really

Happy birthday me 23 today!

Apparently we’re going on a posh yacht on Friday for my birthday, for champagne and a nice little cruise. Sounds ace

Yarrrrrrrrrrr