Scott's weekend in Howth

This weekend I had a chance to sleep in. While waiting for Hugh to come back from his hammer throw training, I ate a breakfast of toast and talked with his mom. Once he got back we played Madden and plenty of Fortnite. Then at about 2:00pm, we left the house and went to the yacht club to have lunch with his dad after his regata. I had a burger with chips, which are what we call in America french fries. Once we got back to his house we invited Simon and Greg over. We played Madden and Fifa for most of the night. We also devoured 2 pizzas. After they left we watched a little TV while eating ice cream and after, we went to bed.

Howth Harbor

Howth views

Spice bag

On Sunday I had another opportunity to catch up on some sleep. I woke up, had another breakfast of toast, and caught up on what happened in sports the day before. While Hugh was waiting to go to his rugby practice, we watched TV. Once he left I played Fortnite until he got back. Although I didn’t get any wins it was quite fun. Once he got back we headed into the harbor of Howth to meet up with Connor Waddilove and Owen Defao. We walked around the harbor in the rain until we met up with another one of Hugh’s friends. He brought a rugby ball so we played rugby for a while. After playing we worked up an appetite so on the way back to Hugh’s house we grabbed some spice bags for the road. The were very good with a good amount of spiciness. When we all got back to the house we played some more Fortnite and after a while everyone had to leave so they could eat dinner at their respective houses. For dinner we had chicken with potatoes and broccoli. After dinner Hugh and I played Fifa. We played Simon and Greg online and I was so bad. We lost in both games we played them. Then we had some ice cream and went to bed.

- Sam Scott

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