June has brought genuine excitement to me in many forms already- and we’re only on the 5th day!
Firstly, Liz (my dream woman- I love making her feel uncomfortable when she reads these!) has just gotten her dream job. This was just the best news I could have had and made a great week turn into an excellent one. It has taken many a burden off of many parts of our shoulders. It was an answer to many people who were praying and fasting for us and in particular this job. I like things that make me so happy I can weep for joy (not cry!)… and this was definitely one of them!
But alternatively, and in my own blighted eyes just as exciting- the Euro’s are here! I’m not talking about the currency- which is getting ever stronger, incidentally- but the football tournament!
A month long of the 16 best teams in Europe (England didn’t make it) playing some of the best football I am ever likely to see. The first two weeks bring along with them two games a day. A day. So bored have I been at work, that the entire fixture list is now written in my diary, and my date nights planned around them! Players of such a high caliber that only the presence of Brazil and Argentina could make it a more attractive affair.
Not only that, but it brings back magical memories of 1996- when the same tournament was played in England, when my first real interest and passion for football was born. I made posters of our starting XI, banners for each game we played, mocked my Dutch teacher endlessly when we beat Holland 4-1… it was a magical time, and a time when England were genuine contenders to perform on the big stage.
Still, in the midst of this, I have the excitement of purchasing a new compartmented-bag and coffee date with my beautiful fiancée to look forward to sum the end of this most grand event.
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