Woke at 0915. Aki brought me a mug of hot water with lemon, honey and ginger. Got up and cooked us a breakfast. We walked round to Waitrose to do a bit of shopping...Aki used the scanner to make things quicker...a wasted effort, as at the checkout we were selected for a random check by a member of staff. Blinkin' ridiculous. Came home and had a light lunch, then watched Netherlands v USA, for a place in the quarter-finals. The Dutch won 3-1. Aki prepared some food to take round to Brett's later, and Julia and Ottie came round for band practice. We then repaired to Brett's at No.7...good turn out. Got Ottie set up with her guitar, and we led the community sing-a-long-a-Brettmas. Ottie's relaxed concentration was impressive for one so young...we may have a guitar prodigy on the street. I managed to gobble some food down before departing for the theatre.
Parked up outside and listened to the end of the Argentina v Australia game...Australia were 2-0 down with 15 minutes to go, and got a goal back, which made for an exciting final act...but they went out 2-1. Got into the theatre expecting the audience to be going back in after the interval, but the show had gone up 15 minutes late, as half the audience had got stuck in the local traffic, due to on-going roadworks. So I delayed going up to dress until Act II had kicked off. Did my Santa entrance and ho ho-ed briefly, and stood for the curtain call...as the rest of the cast were slow out of the blocks, I took a solitary bow! Stayed for a beer in the bar, and chatted with various people before we were ushered into the studio for the end of production gift giving...as there were so many people involved in the show, it took rather longer than usual, so I left before the karaoke got started. Got home around 0100 and crawled quietly into bed...
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