It's actually really kind of strange being back and spending all of my time on my own. I've spent 24/7 in the company of Iain for the past three weeks and now that he isn't around, it's really strange. It's pretty literally 24/7 as well. We shared a room because we both hate sleeping alone, we'd get up together, then have a cup of tea, a slice of toast and a cigarette while he played on Magic: The Gathering on the Xbox and I'd watch, and then eventually he'd let me play on Fallout 3 and I'd spend a lot of time on that, then we'd go to Asda, or the local shop and spend the evening eating Fudge bars, smoking and either playing on Left4Dead 2 (I always played as Ellis, and he'd always play as Nick) or Halo.

It kind of changed in the middle when I got my own Xbox and Lewis took his away, so there was no Magic. But generally, we'd spend a lot of our time gaming. I managed to spend nearly 60 hours playing on Fallout 3 in a week, because horrifically addicted, and then ill, so that was obviously a productive period in my life. Before I left, we got into the habit of playing on Soul Calibur IV just as we got up, and Iain made a character called Faust who he totally fell in love with.

For someone who doesn't play MTG all that much though, it was so dull in parts. My friend Qamar is just learning how to play, and has had about 3 weeks of playing, but he made us all get DCI numbers and we entered ourselves in a tournament. Of course it was the day after the BBQ where I was kept up until 3am, and woken up at 6:30am. But as I was saying, there was a lot of Magic talk going off, and it was so annoying at parts. Like on Tuesday where we were walking back from Asda and I was close to passing out from the heat and Lewis was still persisting with talking about something that I couldn't have given a shit about. Iain was kind enough to actually ask if I was alright and keep me balanced though.

But at this tournament, out of 10 people, I came 8th, and seeing as my experience in Magic is kind of limited, I'm happy with that. I won my first two Magic cards. I actually had a really good time playing against Lee, and it was great that Lewis didn't end up going due to hangover. I know that sounds mean, but he had been doing my head in massively.

I guess at the end of all this, not a whole bunch really happened. I've enjoyed spending time with Iain, and I miss him. I hope that I can somehow get him to come here and meet my other friends. He is most definitely one of my best friends, and writing this is making me want to cry. I probably won't see him until his birthday in August now, but I'm going to save and make sure I can go.

I'm going to post something else tomorrow, that will be ridiculously personal. All that I can say is that it's strange how time really goes.