Not by myself, I must rush to add. The Niblings are the real champions of Star Wars Top Trumps. They know what to do with the likes of Lama Su, Poggle the Lesser and Chancellor Palpatine. I'm merely there to prevent the cheating.
The sky really is blue today. There's one wispy cloud steadily drifting through it, and a couple of vapour trails. Birds are singing happily in the trees and the sun is painting the leaves with golden splendour. It is September at its best.
It looks like I might have a garden soon.
While the estate agent didn't quite back to me, he did get back to my finance guy, who happily told me that they've found the paperwork and it is all systems go! My mortgage application is in.
It's strange how quickly things get turned around. The rain and drizzle of the other day is suddenly bright blue hope, and that natural old pessimism has just become, well, thankfulness and clear skies - at least for the moment.
It's actually a lot like Top Trumps. In a sense, it doesn't matter too much which cards you end up with, it's a game of skill and knowledge, where understanding the system is sort of enough to get going, but a bit of luck (or destiny I suppose) is always helpful. Plus you gradually learn which cards to play when. There's a way to go yet though.
Still, when it's done, the kettle will be on and there'll be a game or two waiting. Who knows, maybe even Star Wars Top Trumps!
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