Instead of having labeled holidays like in the US (Labor Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July) the English very neatly and orderly arrange their holidays to be more or less spaced out over the year so everyone gets a rest once in a while. Therefore we have "Bank Holidays" and Monday was our end of summer bank holiday which was lovely. My foot was acting up a little so I spent much of the weekend resting which meant knitting, reading and catching up on good movies.
On Monday we had the pleasure of a visit from some new friends of ours, the girl in the green shirt is Kelly who I met through my knitting class. She is from California and her boyfriend (on the right) is of French/American descent but sort of also Spanish... anyway he went to school in California as well and they both just moved to London a few months ago. It's nice to meet some fellow expats that are more or less in the same situation as Chris and I (US educated, EU citizens and partners trying to settle in the UK). We had afternoon tea together and chatted for a few hours (they meant to stay only a few min, oh well....). My brother also got into the fun of it, and for about 3o min he and Kelly conspired to buy and fix up the house next store, but first devised many elaborate ways of ascertaining whether or not it was currently occupied. Oh dear.
Anyway, lots of knitting going on too but I was too lazy this weekend to get photos done, more to come soon.
Last two weeks of my job at Kew, it's been a really great summer and no matter what happens next I'm so happy to have had the opportunity to work in such a great place. It's kind of like going to Jefferson (the magnet school I went to for High School). It's a place full of people more or less interested in the same thing, so you feel like you can really fit in with most people. Will keep you posted as any job prospects develop there.
Off to bed now, I had knitting group tonight as well, then a 4 way video Skype with my family (yes! conference calls now supports multiple videos!) but I figured I better blog now or I won't get a chance till next weekend.
Cheerio!
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