Matt’s Journal

Yesterday was Katie’s 22nd Birthday, a birthday that had crept up on us after the wedding and a birthday had the importance of being the first as a husband and wife duo. I had decided to go for a more romantic angle and had decided to get Katie flowers and also adopt an animal at London Zoo.

The decision to adopt an animal at London Zoo meant I got the opportunity to take Katie to the Zoo to show her the exact animal which she had helped sponsor, that’s been booked in for Saturday.

We enjoyed a nice meal and had the intention of watching a good film, however times and films were not aligning, with us going home and sharing a nice glass of Asti in bed.

That was about it! Today has been a busy day, I can’t wait for the weekend!

Last night we have a party for the celebration of Katie’s 22nd Birthday. The day also included a wedding photos viewing where people could either look through the albums of physical photos or get all weepy at the photo slideshow DVD I had made with sentimental music.

Around fourty people turned up and luckily the weather held off so we could all sit in the garden, enjoy some gorgeous food and sip our glasses of wine late into the night.

Katie is on anitbitotics and felt worse for wear early in the night, I tucked her into bed around ten, returning to the party to speak to the remaining guests, some of which had drunk their own weights in alcohol.

Just as the last guests were leaving myself, my brother and my Father-in-Law heard a bang. We rushed outside thinking it was yet another car crash but this time there was nothing of that scenario to be seen. There were, however, seven or eight people pursuing a guy in a white T-Shirt who was fleeing what turned out to be a crime scene. Children could be heard crying out “Somebody’s been shot!” so we backed off nearer the house hoping not to get caught in the crossfire of what might have been going on.

My brother phoned the Police and the operative was as useless as a chocolate teapot. The guy took fifteen minutes to even dispatch a police car, by which time most of the people involved had walked off. Coming back to real life, it was a quick clean-up job and then straight to bed. As I’m getting ready a helicopter could be heard circling above the area, who knows what might have happened?!

My Sunday consisted of waking up early, going to football training where I had the stark realisation I am far too unfit. Coming home I showered, got into my shorts and have hardly moved since…….you have to love lazy Sundays!

Yeah, so, I’m 24 now

The weekend was a good one, my birthday falling on the Sunday so I have lots of fun on the days leading upto it. On the Friday I enjoyed a nice night in with my fiance, watched some television and went to bed at a healthy time. The next morning I was up early, Katie wanted me to open her presents a day early so that on my actual birthday I was able to get in from football and open the presents my parents had got me (what can I say, people love to get me presents!).

Katie basically funded things she hated, she hates the fact I play my Xbox and she certainly hated going to see Transformers. With this in mind, I was surprised she got me two awesome Transformers FCUK T-shirts and a remote for my 360, not surprised but bloody loving it!

Saturday afternoon and evening was spent in the pub, where real people love to live. Starting at 2pm, I drank the day away until midnight, returning home to Katie’s with a sore head and a kebab.

As everyone nursed their hangovers at 9am the next morning, I was up, dressed and ready to play football………..not feeling on top of the world at the point I can tell you.

We won 2-1, I didnt play too bad. After that I zipped home and prepared for a buffet my mother had prepared for mine and Katie’s family.

I slept well that night.