Giants!

I found it difficult to sleep tonight.  Sara was huddled up with a hot water bottle because she feels the cold so intensely and I, consequently, was boiling hot as I prefer a cool bed.  I decided to go downstairs and watch the San Francisco Giants v. St. Loiuis Cardinals decider game.  I am an SF Giants fan, having visited the city twice and seen both their old stadium (Candlestick Park) as well as their new AT&T Stadium down near the San Francisco-Oakland Bridge. It was from the AT&T Stadium that this seventh and decider game was taking place - live.  The prize was to represent the National Baseball League in the World Series Finals.  With 3 games won apiece it was going to be a great game.  The Giants were awesome and in the third inning managed to score 5 runs having loaded the bases three times.  St. Louis were never going to recover and the final score was an incredible 9-0 win for the Giants who secured the National League Pennant (Championship) in the pouring rain and will play Detroit, winners of the American League in the World Series.  I do hope we get a chance to see it.   Sara and I worked at home this morning and went into Laverstock in the afternoon to pick up Mary and her friend Izzy from school - they break up for half-term today.  We took them for a drink and cake at Table Table at Hampton Park.  I had coffee and a scone.  We returned to Mary's school to meet with her House Tutor to discuss her progress over her first few weeks of secondary school education.  We were all very pleased.  She is progressing well and making a lot of friends - she seems to be very popular with her peers.  I felt quite tired tonight and so went to bed very early where, instead of sleeping I watched the second episode of  The Sinking of the Laconia which, after the first episode, is very compelling viewing.   Consequently this blog didn't get written up until the following day.  The weather continues to be grey and moist.  Looking forward to some warmer weather abroad soon.