Going Down With The Ship

Last week was half term and also my son's birthday, which was the only day I took off last week, so this weekend I thought about doing some things with him that he would enjoy, but it didn't really happen, Saturday we were going to take him to the park to play with his new radio controlled plane, unfortunately not one of the professional ones but one made from foam. Instead we went to town and did a quick run in and out so that he could by himself a Ben 10 duvet set and to pick a couple of bits up from the supermarket, we got home and by the time we were ready to go anywhere the temperature had dropped, so we stayed in and played the Wii for a little bit, I then cooked dinner which seemed to take hours.
On Sunday I went down to the market to stock up on chicken and mince again, but for a change I was on time and went to where the van is normally parked and it was there, so I then spent half hour wandering round town which was closed as it was half 8 and looking at the new shop, the closed shops and the ones I hadn't seen before. I found out there is a guitar shop which I didn't know existed and though we only had one where we are. I spotted the adult underwear shop also not knowing we had one, then I came across Woolworth's, ours has now been cleared out and there is so much floor space, I can't think if what will replace it, hopefully it won't be a pound shop as we already have two of those in town.
At 9am Costa coffee opened, I wish it had been an independent cafe bit none were, so I went in and ordered a large latte and this thing was massive, it had a handle on both sides and you needed them it was that heavy, I finished it off after taking about 15 mins and heaed back to where the van was, I got chatting the the belly buster server and he said that the butcher was on his way and that he would put a tea on his account for me, after about 10 mins the butcher arrived and I got what I needed and headed home an hour later than planned.
When I got in my son came rushing downstairs as he was hungry because he wanted to have breakfast with me and not by himself, so I put the meat in the kitchen and have a quick breakfast with him before I start wrapping the meat for the freezer.
The gf gets up and dressed we head over to the park with my son's bike and plane and also my radio controlled boat to have a go on the pond, well the plane doesn't fly, I think it was to windy or not enough thermals and my son can't get his bike across the park to ride as it was to hard going for him so we head down to the pond. The boat I have was brought for me a for a Christmas present about 2 yrs ago by the gf and i loved it, but have only used it twice (including yesterday) so I am going to take it out more often. We get to the pond and switch the boat on and the controller and all is working fine, I then give my son the controls and things start to get messy, he wasn't doing to badly but then hit the boat straight in to the side of the pond so there is no longer a point on the bow of the boat, I let him carry on after checking the damage out and this time he sideswipes the boat and it starts to list to one side, I think it has now got a whole in the side, but luckily it is where the battery has come loose and is on one side, so I replace this and put it back in the water but it is only going round in circles, I take it out once again and find that the properller is jammed by a a bit of plastic and a screw, where it has come from I don't know, I remove that and the boat works fine again. The boat is zooming across the water and my son is controlling it well when both me and his mum shout no not there, he lets go of the forward controller to late and the boat ends up in the middle of the pond stuck in the reeds, my son is now upset as we have told him off for not listening and me and the gf are a bit angry, we calm down and after trying to get the boat out of the reeds by trying to force it through the reeds without any joy, so there was only one option, someone had to wade out to get it, it couldn't be my son as even though it isn't that deep, if he fell over with his clothes on he would struggle to get back up and also the water was extremely cold, the gf's excuse was that she wasn't going to go in because she only has one pair of trainers and there was no way she was going in without something on her feet, so who did that leave, yup me. I go and get the car and park it closer to the pond so that I don't have to walk to far dripping wet, when I get back to the pond, hoping the boat has somehow got freed, I see it is actually deeper in the reeds and i am definitely going to have to wade in and get it. I give the gf all of the stuff in my pockets so none of it gets ruined as I would probably fall in if it was on me and I get to the edge of the pond and am starting to lower my feet in when the gf thinks it would be funny just to push me to get it over and done with, If I could have used the F word i would have done, so I lower my feet in and feel the cold dirty water filling my shoes, then my socks soaking up even more, then my legs are going in slowly and my jeans seem to attract water at a stupid rate, I stand up and the water comes to just above my knee and I start wadding out, for some reason I'm nervous, I'm not sure why, maybe I thought Jaws was going to come and get me or maybe i was going to find that there was very large hole and I was going to disappear down it, I get closer and closer to the boat and the water is getting a bit higher, luckily though it stays below testicle level and i get the boat and turn round and get back ashore. When I am back we go to the car where I strip off my jeans and put my shoes back on and drive home, the gf says that she will open the door to the house so I can run straight in and I tell her not to worry and I don't car what the neighbours think, so we park up almost outside the house and I grab what I can from the boot and head on in and go for a shower to warm up.

The weekend evening's have seen me spending a lot of my time on my x-box playing Call of Duty 5, its a great game and some of the snags that were in the past games have been taken care of, Friday I was on it till 2am, Saturday was about 12/1 am and Last night was about 12.30 am, this was after having a a few beers whilst ironing and catching up on some TV, I played on line with the gf's brother and was shockingly bad, I don't know whether it was the beer or the way that I am used to playing the game but I would just charge right in guns blazing and find myself dead and starting again, I have said to myself to not play it tonight, to tired anyway, and that the earlist I am going to play is Wednesday night and spend some time with the gf in the evening.