Since monday, most of my life has revolved around working late, putting together my presentation, rehearsing it and editing the figures. There was a welcome break on wednesday night when Erika and I went to see Julie and Ope up in Round Lake. Their son is now 3 weeks old. Forgot camera so no pics. We had take out pizza and, as Julie's sister and nephews were there, we played 'Scene it!' the Harry Potter version. It'd been a while since we read the books so Erika and I didnt do so well. The nephews were understandably more adept at it, while Ope was the surprise of the night, jumping in there and getting most of the questions right. Methinks we have a Potter Nerd here, but for his age, really, tsk tsk....:-)
Erika and I drove over to her parents in MI last night, and Im blobbing in front of the tube while everyone is out. Finally starting to get worked up for the travelling now that the big exam has been and gone. Its nice too to have an off day before actually starting to travel. We have a wedding to attend tomorrow here in the east lansing area, but we wont be celebrating too heavily as we have to drive 4 hours to OHare early sunday morning. The wedding date, as much as I love our friends, as long been a bit of an anethma for me. I told her, over a year ago before the date was set. "Do Not Schedule Your Wedding in June". Couldn't have made it clear enough, there was no way I'd tolerate such a joyous celebration if it occured at the same time as the World Cup. And what did the lovely bride go and do? Scheduled it smack bang in the middle of the Cup. Dammit!! Didn't I make myself clear enough!!! :-)
Seriously, it'll be fun, and the scheduling for our travels, though pushed back a week, are hardly disrupted. No offence taken Tiffany.
So we're all packed. Took us a little while, erika kept coming out of the bedroom with a few more clothes every hour or so. We still have odd bits in the car that we haven't really packed yet, dont know what im going to do with them but we'll see. We even got out the bathroom scales to weigh our luggage to check it would be allowed onboard by some of the budget airlines. Maximum 20kg allowed, last time I checked we were at the 15kg mark, but we packed more....
Footie:
I hardly got to watch any of the games since monday, I saw Korea vs Togo on tuesday morning, I was bummed for Togo, they had good chances, made a good goal, made Korea look uncomfortable. But when their guy got sent off for what seemed like a tiny foul, it just didn't work for them. The second Korean goal was a good one. Korea 2 - Togo 1
Spain 4 - Ukraine 0. I watched this game, Spain only really scored one good goal. The penalty should have been saved, i dont know why the goalkeeper didn't try harder. Another red card, this time, the foul was so inconspicious, i was like what?
Germany 1 Poland 0. After hearing about this result, maybe Ecuador will beat Germany. Feel bad for the Polish, they dropped their concetration right at the death, and there you have it. No concentration? go home. heart breaking for them Im sure.
Ecuador 3 Costa Rica 0. Impressive, we'll probably meet Ecuador in the next round as long as they dont shock Germany. They've now scored 5 goals and conceded none, wonder how Rooney, Gerrard et al. might do against them.
Went to the pub to watch the England game, just the first half, with erika. boring first half, I was celebrating back in the lab when I heard that the first goal went in. They are making me nervous they should be finishing off their opponents. Rooney played and didnt seem to suffer. theres hope yet.
Sweden 1 Paraguay 0 I was bummed when i heard about this result, if sweden had tied this game, which they probably should have, we would have won the group anyway. As it happened, the swedes pulled an escape, like we did, and we have to make sure they dont beat us next week. Well, we'll still go through, so its not a priority right now.
posted by SamErika @ 1:05 PM
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well the England game left the streets all over here empty as people scuttled home from work early! The hot weather here has made the world cup a party atmosphere. Be safe in germany sam and Erika!
that last blogg was from mum
Congrats, Sam, on the end of the beginning. What great news to start a summer of fun!
I hope your travels are enjoyable--restful, busy, quiet, noisy, and full of terrific stories. I'll be reading!
So my friend Erick is seriously hyped that Ecuador is in Round 2--seeing as how he is from there. I'm going to an Ecuadorian restaurant to watch the game with him, if I don't have to work. But I will think fondly of the Seavers and of Andy and all of my other England pals and may even cheer (quietly) for England once in awhile.
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