The rest of the day...

So, this morning I went for a little run, and as I was heading back, I caught Danny on the way out (which is how I got the news about Uncle John). Spent the rest of the morning showering (very important), then looking for melons and muffins (two cravings I can't seem to satisfy since I got here) in the market and then at Tesco (by the way, still waiting for the melon to ripen, but the muffins were extremely disappointing- they have all been too cake-y, I want a muffin, not a cupcake!). I got back to the house in time to clean up a little before Maggie and I went to ...andwhynot... a bar/restaurant that some friends of theirs own, where they were having a little opening soire (sp?) for an outdoor eating area (very swanky- heated seating on the ledges by the garden, etc...). So I spent about 2 hours with Maggie, eating endless plates of puff pastry goodies, drinking cappuccino, and talking about everything on the face of the earth. Met the wife of the local MP, who also happens to be the lady that they just went to Paris with (very swanky). Danny met up with us after a while (he'd spent the morning as the on call lawyer at the courthouse), more chatting/eating/cappuccino. Headed out to go look for something suitable for the funeral (still don't know when it will be, but felt that it would be in "very bad taste" not to go "suitably attired"), which of course is hard to do when you already own a black suit you don't wear (so you don't want to buy another) and want to be able to use everything you are carrying for the rest of the summer (i.e. it must fit the permanent criteria of being dance-able). I finally found a skirt and top that I actually like, and will be appropriate, and just need to borrow some shoes from Maggie (as all I have are: trainers, my saddle shoes-dancing, and my Chacos- which, while wonderful, are not quite right with that). Got back about the middle of the afternoon, and doodled around on the computer for a while (found my cute lindy hop picture on the right-hand side of your screen, and also the LindyChef website [link on the right] which incorporates two of my favorite things [cooking and Lindy] in a very funny way, the guy is very funny!). Ate my muffins (too many) and lounged in front of the tv all evening (caught the season finale of ER as it was played here- that show always entangles my emotions, and the plotlines are so sad!) had some takeaway Chinese (not all that great) and put my laundry in to be washed, but forgot to move it along to the dryer, so now I get to stay up until my pajamas are dry enough to sleep in. Silly me.