What a sporting weekend

We've had an unbelievable weekend with lots of ups and under downs! Yes, my first reference is of course to the British & Irish Lions tour of Australia culminating in a Lions victory on Saturday.  Those of you that are avid readers will know that we have been going to the CleVer Bar to watch these matches.  You will find us huddled around our iPad, sharing one headphone set and often with a finger in the other ear to block out the banging Thai tunes being played.  Well, dear readers, our perseverance has paid off.  On Saturday we turned up, got everything connected, ordered our drinks and one of the lovely bar staff found the TV station showing the match and we got to watch it on a massive screen.  Mr John was beside himself and didn't even mind that there was no commentary!  Needless to say, after the Lions victory  - and I'm assuming by now someone has told Mr Horwill that points win prizes and if you get within kicking distance of the posts, then for goodness sake kick it!!  Sorry where was I? Oh yes, Mr John seemed to think drinking a lot of beer was a good idea...and it was... until Sunday morning.  Needless to say there was little sympathy going on at home though, to be fair, the best team on the day won.

KFC was required apparently for Sunday "dinner" even though Mr John had promised me a lovely lunch at Muslim Food.  The scooter came in very handy but the trip was rather more sedate than usual (Mr John even went for a lie down in the afternoon which is pretty much unheard of).  So when it came time to watch Andy Murray play the Wimbledon final which started at 8pm here, I was pretty much left to my own devices.  This was probably just as well as I got the proper headphones all to myself and did some fantastic mime as points were being won and lost - well by this time it was getting later and our teacher neighbours have to be in work early and the walls are really thin!  I only had one incident with the Wi-Fi connection which was at the start of the last game of the second set...a few expletives were nearly vocalised I can tell you.  But I'm so pleased for him, he's carried the weight of the British people for a long time now and has grown up on the circuit and his life will never be the same again.  And it's always good to have a back up plan - I'm sure that commentators slot on the BBC is in the bag!

And if all that wasn't enough, the Tour de France is in full flight.  This is a Mr John favourite that he's got me into - though every year he still has to explain the various jumpers jerseys to me and how they work.  In my defence, it's a long time between Tours!  We're hoping that by the final stage we will have a more permanent internet connection at the house because......drum roll......Mr John gets the final stamp for his work permit later on today.   This is fantastic news for us as it means I should be able to get more than a tourist visa (and therefore get to stay), the scooter will be registered with us and we can sign up for broadband (though we need a fluent Thai speaker who has good English to help us, not an easy task).  But, that means there should be no problems with video downloads and that Skype will once more be working - at least, that's what we assume!  Fingers crossed everyone.