Desolation

– It's difficult to get back into the daily routine.
– How do you mean?
– Well, you know: dragging yourself out of bed in the morning; the long drive to work; trying to concentrate all day in front of the computer; the long drive back –
– Yes, I get the bit about the daily routine. But the difficulty?
– Nothing, really; only – well, there's the gaping emptiness, you know?
– Not quite. I can think of many sorts of gaping emptinesses, many of them due to missing lunch, though I suspect this one is somehow related to the recent World Cup.
– Well, it takes up so much of your life –
– Only because you spent all day in front of the TV.
– And then suddenly it's over. It takes a while to get over it.
– Perhaps it would help if you try to keep busy: stop thinking about the lack of football and the empty vastness of your evenings, but instead take up a new pastime or hobby. Or even consider housework.
– I suppose so. I could give it a go. I mean, it's only a few weeks till the start of the new season. I might just make it.