Kezzerbabe lead me astray last night, metaphorically speaking and I am sitting here much regretting the circumstances. The cunning plan was to go out late and drink less (tee hee) but it didn’t work so I woke up with a hangover and Tom-ass misbehaved and I had to change his bag at 3.00am. There was a lady singer on who played a pretty mean guitar and it was my kind of music even though the rest of the crowd are not rock chicks like what I am.
David, our compere, who is definitely in touch with his feminine side was on form and he was telling us about his new kitten which he has named “Duck” because he is very Nottingham and calls everyone duck so he will never forget his name, even if he can’t remember what it is.
We sat next to the “Benidorm Crew” who are a bunch of nutters whose sole aim in life is to make a lot of noise and generally enjoy themselves. At the end of the night one of them came and asked me if I was running the “Help for Heroes” fund raising night because her son had ran ten miles and raised £132 and she didn’t know where to send it. I told her that we would invite him to the evening and make a fuss of him and he could present the money to one of the injured soldiers that we have got coming. Then Marie asked when I was going to have Roland’s Wake. I told them that I would have a wake for Roland and use it as a fund-raising night. I was going to do it in October near to the anniversary of my operation but the club is fully booked around that time so I will organise it for the New Year. She said she wanted to help when I arrange it. I told her that I was going to raise funds for MacMillan and then Irene started telling her about my blog, The Demise of Roland Ratso, and I now have got to lend her a copy of it. I hope she enjoys it.
I wrote to a number of firms and organisations and I went to ASDA (sorry Debs – Tesco hasn’t responded) to pick up a large box of end of line goodies for our auction. My old sparring partner Doctor Lowe is guest auctioneer and he was made up when I asked him if he would do it. We have got a number of star lots including a signed England football shirt, a signed Forest shirt and photograph and a signed Notts. County cricket bat. We have got one of the staff from Hedley Court who makes artificial limbs and who is bringing an amputee Royal Marine and another soldier who has lost an eye as very special guests. If anyone wants to come it is at Cotgrave Welfare, Woodview, Cotgrave, Nottingham, NG12 3PJ and starts at 7.30pm until late. Our bar staff are going to go around the village in fancy dress pushing a hospital bed with a patient in it to publicise the event.
I did intend to go out tonight but I have got the doctor early in the morning and need to be pristine for her so now I am going to have a sandwich, change my bag and have an early night.
Nighty night.
