- Thanks Cate. No bullies here.
- Hi Marsia, thanks for your support.
Unfortunately, the tennis academy has had to close down early, due to poor management. Lol.
Yeah, I messed up and fell off the wagon. I have been playing the last few days but my 12/13 day restful streak has been broken. My confidence has also been quenched. I'm not going to give myself a hard time about it, but it's disappointing. I have a lot of demons. Anyway, the good news is that I am back on track this evening, and tomorrow is the night before the match, so hopefully I won't lose my mind and drink anything then. I think I'll be okay.
Had a bit of a mad time in town today. Went in to get a facial, which was so, so lovely. And I'm obviously wrecked now from alcohol so I nearly fell asleep a few times in there. Anyway, came out, went to get a burger (ugh) and after that, I stopped off in the park on my walk back to the car for a cigarette. I sat on a bench and this guy around my age with a gorgeous dog sat on the bench next to mine. I had trouble with my lighter, so he asked me if I wanted to use his, but I had the cigarette lighting at that stage.
I smoked my cigarette and was just about to go when this drunk dude holding a bottle of Lech wandered into the park and asked could he sit down beside me. I got up and said I was just about to go anyway. The dude with the dog also stood up in a protective gesture, and then the drunk guy started telling me about something he was doing in a church the next evening and asking me if I wanted to go to it. I was polite to him, he seemed harmless enough, but then I was moving towards the exit and he started following me. And then the dude with the dog stood between us and shouted at him, 'I thought you wanted to sit down!' and he moved away.
I was just about to turn around and thank the guy when Alex the painter wandered up the street at that exact moment. He saw me and mumbled a quiet hello and I just kind of gave him a wave and a closed-lipped grimace and moved on. It was so annoying because I never got a chance to thank the other guy, who when I looked back, was walking in the other direction just behind Alex.
Anyway, moral of the story - don't wear a dress to town. Lol. That was a joke. But yeah, it was a bit mad, the whole thing. The facial obviously did wonders.
Besides going off the rails a bit the last couple of nights, I have got the tennis in. Played okay on Tuesday, got hammered yesterday in singles, so I don't really know how Saturday is going to go. I am missing club night tonight as it was full, which is probably a good thing, as I felt really lethargic on Tuesday night, which probably resulted in me buying wine, as my energy and defences were eroded. I have a lesson tomorrow, which should be really fun, as it's mixed doubles and with my new partner Paul. He's really good craic, I am looking forward to playing a tournament with him. We'll have a laugh anyway.
So yeah, big couple of days coming up. It's exciting.
Oh yeah, Spanish Guy also texted me during the week. He moved back to Spain 3 months ago. I thought he'd got a new job in Spain, as he told me that an 'opportunity' had come up there for him. He texted the other day to say that his employer in Ireland had found out that he was living in Spain and they wanted him to move back pronto, so he wanted me to let him know if I hear of anywhere to rent. The message just pissed me off. I hate that kind of dishonesty. Even if he does move back here, I won't be meeting him again. He's a bit of a dick. I also bumped into Tom, a really hot guy I used to work with, at the club the other night. God, he's so good-looking. It was nice to see him again.
Anyway, that's enough of that. More tomorrow.
Well done, Em!