Sleepless Nights
Published June 30th, 2006 in , , .The past couple of weeks have seen the posts dry up here at Idle Thoughts. The FIFA World Cup has been the focus of my attention for the last couple of weeks. Due to the time difference between Germany and Australia, all the games are being played very early in the morning. Or very late! Hence, I’ve been surviving on three or four hours sleep per night. Throw in some alcohol… well… you get the picture. Apparently, I get a little grumpy when I’m hungover and tired!
Anyway, the Aussies were knocked out by the Italians in the second round. Enough has been written and said about the subject, so I’ll keep it brief. In short, WE WERE ROBBED! That said, at this level you need to take your chances, and the Aussies failed to do that. They outplayed every team they played… Japan, Croatia, Italy and Brasil. Against second tier teams like Japan and Croatia, you can (and we did) get away with this. However, Brasil punished us for failing to take our chances, and the same thing essentially happened against Italy. All in all, the team may well look back on this as a missed oppurtunity.
The Australians may be out, but the tournament continues. The quarters start tonight, with Germany playing the Argentinians. Kick off is 1am local time… the second game at 5am. Guess this is going to be another night without sleep! Thank God this only happens every four years!
So, when all of Australia has stopped feeling sorry for itself, read this article.
Traitor! Traitor to our country! You’re lucky this isn’t the USA, or otherwise you’d be left to rot at Gitmo…
I feel that saying SOME alcohol is a slight understatement, as the Princess’ castle has basically been home to 4 alcoholics for the last 4 weeks. Sleep has mainly consisted of passed out bodies on the couches (not what you would call quality), and blearly eyes and not so pleasant tempers in the mornings (Daydreamer wasn’t the only one hungover and tetchy). Mind you we backed it up pretty much every night with a repeat performance. : )
Thank God I am going travelling again tomorrow so I can a) get some sleep (I felt it my duty as a good hostess to keep Daydreamer company on the couch and I work a LOT harder than him during the day!!), and b) stop drinking. OK so I may be kidding myself on point (b)…
Oh, and you’re on you’re own tonight honey, England, Switzerland and Aus are out so I no longer have anyone to support…