Recovery - to Day 35

Thursday 23rd Mar 2006

Currently listening to: The telly - Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares

Ok, It''s been a few days. Mainly because I'm back at work full time this week and have been busy and tired in the evening. (and to be fair, I've been playing GTA 3 -San Andreas instead). As far as the knee is concerned I've been slack on the physio; 'cos I've been getting in late to avoid the rush, I've been getting back late as well, and then I've had things to do in the evening, so it's been pushed aside. I'm going to need to focus on it if I'm going to get back in shape.

Monday wasn't very exciting. Apart from the return of Justin Lee Collins on Sky's the Games: The inside track. This is the programme where he does some punditry on The Games for a half hour show. The Games the TV show, is in my humble opinion, utter rubbish. Putting celebrities into Olympic events just doesn't cut it for me. It's not like The Match when the celebs play the pros, as not only is it interesting, but there will always be at least 11 players on the pitch with a decent amount of ability. Maybe it's something to do with the 2012 Olympics and they feel they should raise some interest but I couldn't care less about the actual events. I do care about the post event show though. JLC is possibly the most enthusiastic presenter I have ever watched. He turns a dull programme into the most important display of athleticism you could imagine, by a combination of innuendo, timing and general micky taking. And he manages to carry his guests so much that they are laughing with him without being insulted. Maybe it's the west country accent, but his 'lovin yoouuuu' and the high fives are trademarks to take on board.

Tuesday evening involved spending a lovely evening with my team at a local pub/restaurant called The Bell Inn at Outwood. The food was excellent and substantial with a really friendly barman/waiter. I had a delicious trout stuffed with prawns for main and an ace Monkey Puzzle dessert thing - lots of cream, ice cream, mashmallows, shortbread, butterscotch... ummmmmmm.

Wednesday is cell night. Probably the first one we've had for a month due to various circumstances, so it was good to see everyone and spend some time waiting on God. I saw Sarah R this evening for our regular cell chat and it was good to catch up.

The thing that's struck me most this week has been the conviction of the six men for the murder of Mary-Ann Leneghan. The whole episode is horrific and I'm stunned that people can do something so horrendous. It could be said that the root cause of it all was the dealing of drugs and the criminal element involved in this, but the premeditation of the whole thing is what is disturbing.

On a more lighter note, I've got some photos from my dad of the fire I mentioned in my last post. Here they are:

That's our church building on the corner. The fire was in the building next to the railway line.