This Is My Weekend

The end of the 2nd of my 2 night shifts came and went without too much fuss, however, me and the other new guy, are together on the 3 night shifts at the end of the week, which isn't the best of moves from the management... If something goes wrong, what are we supposed to do? We're newbies!

Today has been a fairly frustrating one. We had a football match this evening, our only midweek one of the season, and we were greeted with a highly incompetent referee. To overrule offsides when you are in no position, makes no sense and I let him know this in a way I wouldn't usually do. I was very angry and frustrated at him and let him know what I thought of him. I should really have been sent off, however, when he called me over, all he said was, "If you said that to me in the street, I'd punch your fuckin' face in!" I was shocked. No referee says that. Sorry, but you just don't. I complained to the county and the league, accepting that my words played a part. We drew the game 2-2, but for the first time ever, I can blame the referee.

This made me in a bad mood for the ensuing night shift that was to follow. I started at 10pm in a foul mood, although I didn't let my colleagues work that out and it was generally a highly uneventful shift that slowly dragged on to 6am. I then found out I was working with the other new guy this weekend, which in my opinion, is a huge mistake. We will get things wrong and there will be issues. I'm not looking forward to that..

However, this is now technically my weekend! The next few days, mainly recovering from working like I haven't done for the past few months.. I've said I'm going to cricket at half 2 tomorrow, but I didn't make it last time so I'm thinking I may not this time. I'll see what I feel like at 2.. I'm dreading Friday, Saturday and Sunday though.. Sunday especially.. I'm going to be dead after refereeing in the afternoon. I've already declared myself out of playing in the morning as I physically couldn't do it. Dad didn't seem happy at all, but he's got to accept that I've now got to prioritise.. Chances of getting promoted now are slim and there is a small chance that the team will carry on next season anyway. Everyone's losing interest..

Anyway, sleep is needed. Especially if I'm going to make it to cricket.. Paolo Nutini - Pencil Full of Lead has just come on my Spotify playlist... which is too cheerful a song for the level of tiredness I'm feeling at this moment...

Much Love x