Saturday

The plumber arrives at 9am to install the boiler he delivered on Thursday. As a result I am denied both morning shit and morning shower, as I am very much still in bed when K gets up to let him and his assistant in. Instead we sit in the living room watching a snake poo on a dining room table on Come Dine With Me (I for one didn't even know they did that) and eventually leave the house at around midday.

As part of K's ongoing birthday celebrations we are booked into Bodean's BBQ rib restaurant in Soho along with 10 or 12 of our closest chums. We end up taking the £10 lunchtime special deal which implicates us in the destruction of a rack of beef ribs each, chips and coleslaw along with a complimentary bottle of Coors Light. As a result we and our assembled rabble are two beers gone by 2pm and head for the Green Man in what I am reliably informed should be known as 'Noho', given its position geographically north of Soho. The Green Man specialises in ciders for the cider enthusiast which, happily, many of us are. Hence we sit and drink strong cider (personally I favour the Weston's Organic Vintage) from around 3pm until we finally bail out at 9pm. I chat happily with various mutual friends of myself and K, as well as some who I had previously had "issues" with and taken to basically ignoring in social situations.

We sloppily make our way home as many others are making their way towards the pub and sit around discussing our favourite songs while listening to said songs on Spotify. Later we watch the BBC pilot of the Jessica Hynes/Julia Davis sitcom Lizzie & Sarah and fall asleep amid its comic darkness. I feel that it, should it get commissioned, is guaranteed to be the new Nighty Night in its gleeful toying with quite what is acceptable on the BBC. The fact that is is scheduled at an awkward and unpopular time will probably ensure a minimum of complaints along with, crucially, minimum viewers.

A messy, boozy Saturday it may have been - but after a couple of weeks of parent-based entertainment it is nice to be a little silly and drink all day with friends.