Typical Friday:
2 Pints of Stella
Packet of Scamp Fries
2 Pints of Stella
Bucket of jellied eels
2 Pints of Stella
Fight barman and anybody else that wants some!
Finish off with 2 Pints of Stella
Then I have to head to work for my evening shift as a Reddit Mod
Wow. Friday is here and my list of things to do is getting smaller. Just the one thing scheduled in the calendar meeting wise, but when I got in this morning there has been a massive failure at one location that I have to deal with as top priority.
Put everything in place and all of a sudden I'm hit with the sleepies as a result of our coffee beans running out and there not being enough for my normal IV drip of coffee that would last me the day.
On Sunday I've made a plan to do a bunch of snacky cooking while my wife takes the son to the park for a few ours. By the time they're back I'm hoping to have a smorgasboard of delights for us to kill off the evening with a movie. Maybe OG Space Jam? Other suggestions appropriate for a 3-4 year old are welcome.
I’ve a two year old who isn’t really up to whole films yet, but she really vibed with the 2015 Peanuts movie. It’s a series of vignettes as much as a whole story, so her attention span wasn’t too tested and she could do some colouring or whatever and not miss out.
Met our new neighbours yesterday and we're very happy to discover that they seem cool and also are quite young, which is a rarity in these parts. Trying not to get my hopes up about potentially making new friends, but hey you never know.
Of course since they've just moved in, they've already warned us there'll be a fair amount of DIY noise (no problem with that, moving house is lots of work and they don't do it too early or late) and I suspect that will ramp up at the weekend so we're planning a trip out somewhere quiet with a picnic instead of just loafing indoors like we usually do.
Less socially awkward lemmings and kbinauts of UKCasual, tell me, is it weird to maybe invite new neighbours round for a cup of tea or something and get to know them a bit? Is that friendly or creepy? I honestly can't tell.
It’s not creepy or anything, but personally I’d prefer a more relaxed vibe like a bbq or a couple of evening drinks. Just make sure the invite is super casual, like “hey it’d be great to get to know you guys over a tea or coffee whenever you’ve settled” and then invite them again in 2-3 weeks or something.
My thought was that I didn't want to just assume they drink, and also a bbq seems way more effort and therefore more pressure, but yeah I think you're right about framing it as a "when you're settled" thing, thanks.
I'm just overexcited cos I've lived here for ten years and managed to get to know like one person in the entire town outside of my partner's family 😅
I can't think of an occasion where it would be socially wrong to invite someone round for a cup of tea - but don't ask me since I'm not not socially awkward.
As long as your neighbour/you are not Hyacinth Bucket I'm sure it'd be quite welcome.
My old neighbour tells me that the person who moved into our previous house has been known to chase neighbours down the street to insist they come in for a cup of tea. So I think there is a line here where it can become socially awkward.
Aaah g'wan. ☕
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