To start off with, two Sunday's ago I injured my finger. I have raptured the tendon in my finger and I can't play golf for the next 6-8 weeks. So I'll be in Melbourne by the time it heals. It's quite a shame as I had golf at Carnoustie and Glen Eagles lined up. It's also making it very difficult to type as quick as I usually do.
You will never guess how I did the incident. I was putting a chocolate wrapper under the couch (As I know it annoys Candice so I was doing it to wind her up) and I stubbed my finger against the foot of the couch. How is that for karma! haha.
So after going to work on Monday I decided to go to the doctors to find out what was wrong with my finger and they sent me straight to the hospital. I was there for 5 hours with 5 different doctors standing around assessing my finger they finally figured out that the tendon had come off the end of my finger and that is why there was no pain but the tip of the finger stayed bent and I couldn't straighten it. My finger is now in what they call a "mallet splint" which is like a brace which keeps the finger erect.
So that is the story of my finger... I can only laugh about it though.
Last weekend my work mate Gary took me out for a weekend in Glasgow. Straight after work on Friday we drove to Gary's dad's house who lives in Glasgow. It took 2 hours to get there from St Andrews. Once we met up with Gary's dad we went out and played golf at a new course there which is inspired by 9 of the best holes in Scotland. I only walked around the course because of my finger but it was a lovely evening for a walk. There were 2 holes from St Andrews there, a couple from Muirfield and Carnoustie and also Royal St George.
After we got home from golf and got ready we went down to the local pub to have dinner. I got the roast beef. It was so good to have a roast! It has been sooo long! Once we had a few drinks at the pub it was about 11pm so we went into Glasgow town. We went to this amazing place called "The Arches". They had a techno night called "Pressure" on and it was brilliant! I met some awesome people there. The place reminded me like a mixture of the St James and the Britomart combined. This finished up around 3am and Gary had got us tickets to the afterparty where is was something out of the movies where you tap on a tin shed door, they let you in and then close the door behind you and there is a big party inside. The ceiling was a parachute. Great tech house being played there.
We arrived back to Gary's dad's around 5.30am and I got a few hours sleep before waking up and helping his dad do the lawns and gardens before the whole Saturday night would kick off.
Saturday night we went around to Gary's friends Mark's place in Shawlands where we jammed out on the decks and had a few drinks before walking up to the local club. This place reminded me a lot of R'Toto's but 3 levels. Commercial music but good drunk music where you sing it at the top of your lungs.
After that we went back to Marks' for a mix and stayed there till about 6am. Got some sleep and then had breakfast at Gary's Dad's before facing our mission home.
This has been one of the best weekends I've had in Scotland! Big Thank you to Gary for taking me and having a boys weekend. The Arches is easily the best club in Scotland. It was really good to have a mix as well.
So our plans for after the UK has now changed. Candice and I are going to India for a day and then to Thailand - Bangkok for 3 days and finally Kuala Lumpa for 3 days before heading off to Melbourne. I can't believe my time here is nearly up. It has gone so fast! But I guess time flies when you're having fun. Only 6 weeks until I can play golf again. woo hoo.
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