Sunset Over Mayfield

Hi everyone!

Today, I have gotten a lot more exercise than I thought I would. Craig and I went on what was supposed to be a short walk, and it turned into football with Declan and his 6 year old year old brother. I really don't like football, and I'm pretty bad at it, but I did surprisingly well. I was puffed out in about 10 minutes though, and those 3 were still at it full force. I have a lot of work to do! I caught this sunset just before it got covered by clouds. Filters were not used (I don't like using editing!), so I don't know why the light went like that!

Right, the reason for the extremely late blip is because, surprisingly, I was actually socialising! I was at a party for Craigs friends mums 40th birthday. I really didn't want to go, but I have to say, I did actually enjoy myself. It was one of those parties where there's music and a dancefloor, and where the adults sit around chatting and dancing, and where the kids run around hitting eachother with balloons. T

There was no-one else my age there, and I'm at that awkward age where you're too young to be with the adults, and (supposed to be) too young to go with the kids. I just went with the kids, because I didn't fancy sitting with a bunch of drunk adults as they laugh and swear with each other. A lot of the time, we sat and talked and laughed as well.

There was this one kid who I started talking to, and after a minute, our conversation went like this:

Kid: "What's your name?"
Me: "Steven"
Kid: "Are you English?"
Me: *rolls eyes* "No, I'm Scottish" (No offense to English people, I just get asked that a lot)
Kid: "Are you gay?"
Me: ...."No".....
Awkward silence
Kid: "Then why do you speak so weirdly?"
Me: "I don't speak weirdly, I just speak properly"
Kid: "Oh, ok then...."
(Btw, when I say kid, he was 11)

So yeah, very awkward conversation. I didn't mind it much, I just don't like how he thought I spoke weirdly. I don't speak your typical Scottish - I say 'little' and 'yes' instead of 'wee' and 'aye'.

But oh well, He's just a kid, and I've never really met a lot of people who speak like me. (Trust me, if you're not used to our accent, you will probably struggle to understand what most of us are saying!), so maybe that's why he thought it was weird. I'm at the advantage here though - I can understand our accent well, I can understand foreigners and they can usually understand me. Put it this way, who's going to get hired - The one that only the locals understand, or the one that everyone will understand?

Ok, that's my socialising done for the week. Have a good Sunday!

Steven :)