When I walked into the Union on Saturday morning to see Spongebob Squarepants sitting having a coffee with some friends, I really did worry that the effects of the night before had been heavier than I had thought.

On Friday I went up to Loughborough to meet up with friends and tackle some work. First stop was Mick, who I haven't seen in a year and a half, so there was plenty to catch up on while we went over the plans for his new site. After a three and a half hour meeting, I think went straight into a second meeting up at the EHB, which lasted another two hours. Although it wasn't strenuous, by the time we got to five o'clock, I was looking forward to social activities.

Mike and I headed over to some house party and after failing to find any sellotape (looking to play Edward Ciderhands) we simply drank what we had and met up with everyone else in FND. I hadn't expected to have a particularly big night, but it accidentally (but predictably) turned into one.

Next morning was fairly lazy, but at noon we went to Varsity bar to meet up with Johnny, Duffy, Day, the Swede and his brother, Ben. Plans were made for the evening and the rest of the afternoon was spent watching Family Guy. Swan arrived. We bought a couple of crates, had kiev sandwiches (nicer than you might expect, although not really haute cuisine) and went out to Lloyds where we drained them of Vodka Red Bull, and then Rain, where we did the same.

I spent a lot of the night trying to sell one of Mike's house keys to a stranger, but it didn't work. A new drinking game called "Keep your mouth open as wide and for as long as possible" was invented, but due to my inability with sport, I wasn't very good at it. Although we were clearly the happiest people in Lufbra, we probably didn't look particularly sophisticated.

The next morning there was a good three hours of bant swapping mostly on the topics on how big Day's face is and when the police will be coming to arrest him. This continued through lunch (Subways in KFC; not sure the staff were entirely happy) and one final drink while watching the match before getting on the train home.

I am so glad we can still do these meets. Looks like there maybe another in London next weekend...

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