Going up...

Don't get me wrong, if I was like my friend Alex, who suppports Hull City football club, I'd have been really happy this season, going up into the Championship instead of staying down in League One. I wouldn't have complained at all. But that would have meant that I would have missed out on yesterday.

Yesterday was the play off finals to see who would gain that final place of promotion into the next league. I'm not going to go into an in depth commnentary of the game, that would be silly. Some of you probably saw the game. If not, you'll be able to read more at the Sheffield Wednesday website. All I'll say is the game had everything. We were in the lead, then we were tied, then it looked like we were going to lose. There was a penalty, and extra time, and eventually, we won. We deserved it - we were the better team. The atmosphere was electric too. Before the game, we were all out in the streets, just grinning, and waiting for the match. We took 40,000 supporters; from what I gather, more supporters than any other team has ever taken to Cardiff Millenium Stadium.

So yeah, if I'd have been like my friend Alex, or indeed, like my friend Ben, who supports Luton Town, I would have been happy with the promotion. I would even have saved myself £40. But it was worth £40 of anyone's money just to be in Cardiff yesterday, let alone inside the stadium. Come on Wednesday!

Too long...

It's been far too long since I last posted. Everybody knows that. At least you haven't been waiting for this one as long as readers of Monsieur Le Crayon's blog. He didn't post at all between September 27 and May 12. That's almost 8 months!

Back to business. I had a rubbish week last week. It started off ok, but kind of went downhill. I discovered on Tuesday that my school that I work in is due to close in three years. This doesn't directly affect me, as I intend to be elsewhere by then, but it certainly doesn't give the place a great working atmosphere. When I got home, I chatted to my good friend Jacob Murphy, who is coming over to visit me today from Canada (more on that later), and who is due to move to England, and into my house, in September. Unfortunately, he's decided not to come over, which meant that I don't get to live with him any more. That got me down a bit more.

On Thursday, my car was broken into, and my best coat and bag were stolen. The annoying thing is that there was nothing of any real value in there. The thief escaped with my diary, some swimming shorts, my pipe, and a sandwich. But I can't afford to replace the coat or the bag. To top all of this off, my friend (and probably yours, if you're reading this) Will Elder passed away from cancer. I don't think that there's anything more I can say about that.

So, this week has been an improvement. Not really an obvious one, just a bunch of stuff that I'm excited about. I was really looking forward to Jacob's arrival yesterday, but due to an error, he missed his plane (I'll let him tell you more about that) and so he arrives today. It wasn't a major problem, in fact, it left me with an evening to finish some jobs, so that's good. I'm also really looking forward to tonight's gig. Jacob's supporting us, so that's going to be awesome. For more info, check out The Salvator Darlings website. If you can get down there, it's at the Cardigan Arms on Kirkstall Road in Leeds. Tickets are £2 on the door, and it promises to be a bit of an extravaganza...

So, here's to an even better week ahead. I have next week off work, and I have Jacob with me. We have plenty planned, and I intend to fill you in as we go. It's funny how sometimes things don't obviously become better immediately, but you know that you've got past a rough patch. A breakthrough, you might call it. But not a break in. I've had quite enough of those, thank you...