Sleep Please

I am so tired. Worked Friday night, had 5 hours sleep and then went to play golf with Angry Kid, played rubbish up until the 13th when I finally found my game, but the damage had been done. I got back at half 7, went to work at 10 till 6am, as usual... Very busy shift that Saturday night but for once The Wall seemed up to the task and everything seemed so much easier.. Yep, I am praising him. First time for everything.

Still, I didn't get out of work till 7.20am and I didn't get to sleep till 8am and only had 3 hours sleep before I had to get up for cricket in Hitchin, 40 minutes journey away. We won, narrowly, I was too tired to perform quite well and I was more bothered about England when, in hindsight, I shouldn't have bothered. Everyone can blame the linesman and yes, it was a shocking decision by the officials, but regardless, we'd have still got smashed. Everyone knows it. We won the cricket by 20 runs, I think..., and got back home at half 8. Went to work, usual shift but incredibly busy for a Sunday night and now I am home.. Yes.. I can go to sleep.. Or...?

No. In fact, I have agreed to take the kids to Lord's Cricket Ground for a Twenty20 finals day of some sort so in a couple of hours we embark on that journey. I know if I go to sleep, I will not want to wake up and I will feel worse.. So Pro Plus it is. It's strong stuff but I took my first 2 tablets of the day 30 minutes ago and I feel no more awake. How I'm going to drive to London without falling asleep, only God knows. Chrisy, put your seatbelt on! I'm half regretting choosing to go to this as I know by the end of it I will be on the floor but half of me reckons it will be a good day out, especially if we don't crash, and quite frankly, sleep is for the weak.

Before I go any further a couple of apologies. 1) Sorry for the amount of commas in this post. A short pause takes a short amount of time to complete but a lot of them, and they mount up. I appreciate that this wastes valuable time and for that, I apologise. Damn it! And 2) I do believe the song I mentioned a couple of posts ago, Blur - The Universal, is indeed from the Lloyds TSB advert, and not HSBC.. They're all made up of just letters anyway..

Back on track, I would like to talk about my cricket performance today. We batted first on a fairly dodgy but hard pitch and they had a quick and accurate opening bowler. However, even though I haven't batted all week, I was middling everything. Ok, they were only defensive shots, but I felt so comfortable, I was disappointed to be bowled for 17. An absolute beauty jagged back at me and cleaned me up.. The best 17 I've ever had.. We won though, I fielded appallingly but didn't get any opportunites for a catch, but a win is the most important thing and we keep our 100% record! Fantastic!

Ahh, I'm going to die by the end of the day.. I can't keep up with the japory and antics of the kids at the best of times, but I'm gonna be well behind their honking and llamas today.. I know, it's just pure ridiculousness! Hopefully, Pro Plus can be my saviour!!

Cya x