Benjamin was off school again today as he was still running a high temperature, so Randy wouldn’t be tutoring either. I stayed in until lunchtime as I didn’t want to seem like a complete bastard going to the pub whilst the young’n is sick. He came down to watch TV, we then built some Lego and played power cards. I was taken aback when he decided that there should be rules (I must stress here that Benjamin only likes rules when they are in his favour). We each wrote some down on a bit of paper, agreed on their implementation and played a good few games of fair power cards, quite happy with that.
Took the subway to the pub as there was no time to walk. Brewing was in full swing as Carl was back (they don’t brew without Big Boss) and they needed to restock up on the popular beers. Enda couldn’t speak too much but he did give me three different samples of beer, surprisingly one was a non-alcoholic ginger beer and it was tasty. Couldn’t stay too long so only bought one pint and eventually headed home to the invalid.
He seems much better today, more alive, appetite is back and very much able to kick my ass again at ‘Weiqi‘. I understand this game (or at least think I do) but he always seems to be a few steps ahead of me… Over tea I talked with Yu about the origins of French Fries, the ingenuity of 3D printing, shock of China’s pig cloning efforts and her disgust of lab grown meat. Me and Benjamin played hide and seek before he went to bed, he’ll also be off again from school tomorrow so another full day for me. 🙂