United 2 - Newcastle 0

Original Post Date - October 2, 2006

Well..

After a somewhat rocky start to what was to be a weekend of self-indulgence, things got back on track nicely on Saturday night. I spent most of the day wondering what I had done to deserve an agnozing retrospective on the previous 4 years of my life. I don't wanna hijack tongiht's blog like so many Saturday nights [Aside - yes, I realize that those who don't know me have no idea what I'm talking about, maybe one day I'll regale you all with tales of my Sophoclean life of late], but suffice it to say that I've finally experienced my own personal deus ex machina. In any case, it was later that night, after mulling it over for a good 20 minutes, that I finally found the nerve to pick up the phone. After a few minutes of stumbled, but surprisingly comfortable conversation (I am quite the cunning linguist), I had convinced a friend of a friend that we should meet for a coffee - 'coffee' meaning 'drinks', and 'friend of a friend' meaning 'none of your beeswax'. We talked and laughed like we were old friends, and she left for home in the wee morning hours (get your mind out of the gutter, lol). We had a good laugh, and the night left me on a pretty good high.

I'd been up so bloody late the night before, that I missed most of the United match - odd how a woman can do that, in't dahlings? But lemme tell you about my joy when I'd heard that Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had potted both goals as United eased past Newcastle. I can't tell you how happy I was for that kid.. coming off the injury to his knee (he was out for 20 months), I was afraid that I wouldn't get to see him play again - and to see the sort of season that he's having on his return really does me well. After the break for internationals, we're Away at Wigan, hopefully the Reds can use the momentum from this morning to extend the winning streak.

As if that wasn't enough to make me feel better, didn't I get a call at around 9 tonight from that friend of a friend? Things are looking up, lads!

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