Weekend with Vera

My girlfriend was back from France for the weekend so I had a bit more to do than usual. To start with I nearly booked then had to cancel a hitchhike to Morocco, it would have been a great experience but as it turned out I have an assessment that week.
We went shopping for a while, only buying a few books and a coffee or two. We saw Rocky Balboa at the Odeon, it was fairly good. A bit too slow at the start, and a slightly tenuous plot line coupled with a highly unrealistic finish made it a film probably best left to the fans of the previous 5 movies (like me). After that, we chilled out for a while and eventually ended up in the Hobbit at about 8.30pm, to catch up with one of my good poker mates, and his girlfriend. Played a few games of pool (2 out of 3) and eventually wandered on down to Jesters to see the usual crowd. A pretty good night, and some of my mates finally got to meet my girlfriend, as they swim in very different circles at the moment. Stumbled home at around 1.30am with a pineapple burger.
In the morning, strangely headache free, I chatted to the landlady for a while whilst my girlfriend signed the contracts for next year. Yes, she's moving in next year, and soon there will be no escape from constant supervision!
At 12.30pm I drove down to play hockey against Highfield Halls, who actually turned out to be fielding more than a few Wessex players. Still no match for us though, and our second-string team beat them easily, 3-1. The most action I got was during the warm up, and at half-time, when I got the girlfriend onto the pitch to push a few balls at me.
I think the big game is next weekend, us against Sheffield in the NAMS semi-final. The last two years they've beaten us in exactly the same scenario.
Waved Vera off at the megabus stop at 4.30pm and drove home to an evening of essays, 4th year study applications, ironing and washing up. You can run but you can't hide!
Only consolation is the snooker final, Ronnie is 5-3 up on Ding, and it's first to 10.
A few quick notes, Bristol City thumped Oldham 3-0 away from home to go joint second with a game in hand. And tomorrow I start my 4 week Old Age Care placement. Not to sound unenthusiastic, but oh, the joy.