Entry for May 18, 2007

I am truly a new man. Out of sympathy and understanding for my heavily pregnant wife I went out for a few beers and a curry with one of my best friends.
This demonstrates a heightened sensitivity on my part on a number of fronts. Firstly, it saved her watching me drinking in the house. The poor soul is an enforced teetotaler at the moment. I feel that it was thoughtful of me to guzzle several pints of lager in the Merchant City, well away from her thirsty eyes. And as an added bonus I texted her several times to tell her how good a time I was having. Just in case she was worried.
However, more importantly, I ate the Indian meal at 9.30 at night, on top of several fizzy pints of heavy. I also missed the train and as a result had to endure a night bus journey home. The suspension on the bus was somewhat sporty - First Scottish Buses are clearly aiming to combine their utilitarean Get You From A to B Function, with the thrill of an off road experience. Anyway, you can imagine the effect on my poor overfull stomach.
As a result of all of this, by the time I returned, my stomach had distended to the size of my heavily pregnant wife's. We lay together on the sofa for a while, clutching our swollen bellies. It was a romantic scene.
For those of you who are in and around glasgow, the restaurant was Dakhin and it was extraordinarily good - Southern Indian cuisine and quite different from what you normally expect from and Indian meal. The dhosas were amazing.