I finally gave it to reality and realized my backpack was too large to fit into the carry-on boxes. It was about 2 inches too tall, but I kept rationalizing that they wouldn't care, or that I could make it diagonal and it would work out. But the risk with 6 or 7 flights upcoming was too great, as I would get charged a grand fee of 35 pounds every time it got rejected! And that is no fun for anyone. So, I headed the post office, picked up a few postcards on the way, packed up the bag and wrote a few words - off they all went. Funny thing is, the bag was 38 pounds to start with, and I paid around 16 pounds just to ship it back to get my money back! I guess getting 22 pounds back is better than nothing. I also purchased a slightly smaller bag last Tuesday, which is risky, due to the fact that I leave on Wednesday, if that bag isn't here... well... I won't have a bag! So I am going to be keeping my fingers crossed.
Later Thursday night a group of us guys headed to the pool hall once again (Dave, Myself, Jordan, Marc, Nick, Malcolm and Ben). It was pretty fun, we started off with a little snooker, which is the giant pool tables with smaller balls. Dave quickly ran over a few rules, but before we even finished the game a few American pool tables opened, so we jumped on those. The rest of the night we played cut-throat and 2vs2 games. As well as continuing the grudge match Dave and I have (he beat me 1vs1 again tonight). We headed back after a few hours, Dave and I planned to go back Friday morning for a few hours to duke it out... and that's just what we did.
We got to the pool hall around opening, noon, and played until about 3. Started out with a game of snooker, of which I am a complete fan of now, even though it is entirely both frustrating and fun. The bumpers on the pockets are not forgiving in the least. This causes much anger. Anyway, after a game we headed to the American pool tables. We managed to get a total of 19 games in just about 2 hours. I took the series 11-8. Dave was sad, I was triumphant.
Later Friday it was Mexican night at Paiges! Jordan, Marc and Paige cooked up some delicious fajita material, and some strawberry daiquiris, I brought some chips and salsa. We feasted like kings, it was so good! Amy came a little later and we brought out the piñata, it was hilarious, Paige went first and literally almost killed Amy with her first swing... it was intense. Amy then went and damage the paper-maché fish, but he still lived. Marc came in and destroyed him, candy flooded the flat! We started a game of poker after that just for fun... and then Jaime came even later then that, but it was all good fun.
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