Another Final Gone

So another tournament comes to an end. 

For three tournaments running, we have seen the eventual winner (and finalist loser) as well as the goal of the tournament, live.  Nothing particularly special today, except for the fact that you were back, four years later, watching the end in the same place, with Nico the Greek.  Excellent to have stolen a picture of his laughter, and to have paid him 10 Euros from the glove compartment due to the forgotten wallet.  Also nice to finally have restored the Order (with a few pictures) to where it belongs.  And so strange to see Chris smoking outside, on his way to get his mom from church (?)

The rest leaves me restless as usual, and unsatisfied.  Three pints in, and I wanted to guzzle so much more, stymied by the procrastination on the agreement front and nowhere to turn to in any case.  The mind drifted as it must to Croatia's ports, as the single occupancy re-opens for the week in question.  Flights remain a tad expensive, and you wonder about the regrets that might overwhelm such a voyage.  Would it be rejuvenating, or not?  Can it be used as a prompt to slow or stop the drinking, or not?  To put the condo on the market, or not?  The idea of a new country, of a return to Thera and Atlantis Books, of time on the blissful Adriatic, and to see about your tired cabin worker... much appeals, no doubt.  Since the itinerary was first revealed... there has been a sense of destiny about it.

Or is it more a test, to see if you can refuse an offer and focus on the here and now? 

It is tempting, and at the same time outlandish.  (Surely the outlandish nature is one of the reasons why it proves so tempting.)  I shall keep my eye on it, sleep on it.  The idea to see Othello for now is a good one, a way to get back across the bridge and a bit of a start on the agreement, so that is the interim path tonight instead.  Wine and supper and sweet seat acquired.  Off now, to see what lines provoke the most thought at this point in the life story, and in anticipation of the Rylance rendition in a few months time.