Football's coming home

It seems we have a World Cup of Football Championship arriving soon. Why?

Anyway, I'm reminded of the last one. I was in Argentina and everyone I worked with was obsessed by football as were the majority of the students. The school even got the tv sorted out so we could watch the really, really important games (those involving England and Argentina, separately and together). We had a sweepstake and I drew Brazil - I remember the dilemma, just who should I support? In the end it didn't matter and my interest in football ended as soon as my teams were eliminated.

I suspect I won't be anywhere near as interested in this World Cup - having alternative forms of entertainment and topics of conversation available - in fact, I've already told my morning class that there will be no football in the classroom (especially important as I have six French students and three Italians).

In completely different news, my hayfever has started up again leaving me with sore eyes and an uncontrollable urge to sneeze. And I've cleared out my bramble patch - no blackberries this year.