WEEK TWENTY FOUR 11/06 -- 17/06

On Friday we got underway with the EURO 2016 in Paris, hopefully this will help with the boredom of having nothing else to do until the new season starts again in August. An opening victory for the hosts 2-1 against Romania will keep them happy for a little while and distract them from the English "fans" smashing up their bars. 

Failed to go out again on Friday night which is beginning to get on my nerves, though it shouldn't but that's my hang up I guess. 

Saturday was the anniversary of my mother passing away (35 years, so long, so sad) and I made a trip to the crematorium which as people who know me well is a common occurrence. However this was a rare one that I actually sobbed and felt so much better for that. 

The rest of Saturday was ok, I got plenty done at home and took my mind off things that bothered me and shouldn't be. A lovely chat with a friend from Germany about old times we had on the Isle of Man, be nice to see you again Beatrix maybe we'll have that Martini in London sometime. 

Watched a bit of football, Wales winning 2-1 was nice for some of my friends, then had a drink watching England v Russia, a frustrating game and a disappointing 1-1 draw that means the game against Wales on Thursday is going to be unbearable to watch. 

The rest of the week was spent back at work and following the racing at Royal Ascot, that was all covered on another blog of mine. And speaking of work the people in the office I share are all on a bit of a weight loss drive, and we're keeping track of one another's weight statistics there. This might just help things for me to have some more incentive to keep going, although their scales seem to give results a little on the high side for me but at least we'll stay consistent. 

Am still finding it hard to get through some days but recently I have at least heard from a few friends and I know I have some support out there, what I need to do now is focus on what is important for me, get out there, stop wasting money and effort on things that do not really matter and above all look to have a bit of fun. The summer is a time to go out and visit some events, have a trip down to the coast perhaps in fact do anything that gets you out from your lonely room.