Wow. What a weekend! This was the weekend that England won the Rugby World Cup and I think everyone had a great time watching it, (with a fair bit of nail biting) and then a fantastic party afterwards. Rugby is not a game I watch a lot, but ever since the England team started playing in this tournament, I've been hooked and I've watched all of the UK games.
Of course the matches were played in Australia and so the final was televised live here at about 9 in the morning.
We had intended to lay in bed and watch it, but on Friday, a friend of John's rang up and invited us to go the local Rugby Club to watch it on their big screen and John accepted for both of us.
We dragged ourselves out of bed early on Saturday morning and by the time we arrived, I had worked myself up into a good state of tension.
We actually arrived at the club at 8.30 and we were lucky to get in, cos the place was crowded and most of them had been drinking, there were two guys who had been there all night, needless to say they were practically unconscious, and in fact, they missed the game.. I didn't fancy a drink at that time of the morning but John's friend, Alan, got John a beer and me a coke and we grabbed the last two seats.
By the time they actually kicked off, I was on my second coke and everyone was so excited. The general feeling was that England could win, even against the current world champions on their home ground, but you can't be sure.
We watched the game and we were all shouting, screaming, cheering and in at least two case, crying during the game. Alan and John kept us supplied with drinks and finally, as everyone knows, England scored and won with the last kick of the game and we were all cheering and jumping around and hugging everyone.
We all had to have a celebration drink -- or two, or three) and we sat at a corner table and talked the game over again and again. I suddenly realised that I was drunk, and I discovered that Alan and John had been feeding me vodka and coke! At 9 o'clock in the morning for goodness sake, I was very annoyed with John, particularly because they hadn't told me and I told him so.
I went to sit with a bunch of other people for a while, and after a while it was suggested that we have a boat race.
For those who don't know, or call it something else, you split up into equal teams, each with a full drink, usually a pint. On the word, the first one on each team drinks and when the glass is empty put it upside down on their head. Then the second persons and so on. The first team to finish is the winner.
I was drinking vodka and coke and I was allowed to do that for boat race because they had a woman on the other team with baccardi and coke so it was equal.
We lost so we all bought our opposite number a drink. There was lots of singing going on of course, especially "Sweet Chariot" Someone put some music on and we all sort of danced around, mainly holding each other up. I became aware after a while that the guy I was dancing with was playing with my breasts, and I told him off, but he carried on, so I just let him.