Row row row your boat

Hello Dear Readers,

Today was the 4's Head race where Patrick was rowing in a cox-less four (number 183). I invited some friends over from Kew to come watch the race then come to the house for brunch. Here are Jo and Saren

We got out to the river about 9:45 and saw the first boats coming down, finally came Pat's boat with us all yelling "GO THAMES!" and "GO PATRICK!". He said he actually heard us this time!

Here he is coming off the water, exhausted:

Pausing to survey the action on the water:

After the race and brunch, Seren and I went to the Ocktoberfest Party at the clubhouse, our housemate Sally did a fantastic job decorating and Patrick wore some fantastic leiderhosen as well, though I don't have that photo right now.

In addition, I finally finished a baby sweater I've been working on for a while (too long, I keep having to rip it out!)

Also finished off a cute matching Teddy which Jo is modeling handsomly.

All in all a good day, and best of all Chris is coming back from a week in Cyprus, woo hoo! Off to make dinner for him now, he just called from the airport that he's on his way home.

P.S. I am going to be changing jobs soon, I have just accepted a 6 month position at the Natural History Museum. While I'm very sad to leave my friends and work at Kew, I'm excited to start something new and work as part of a lager team again instead of by myself. Who knows, I may end up at Kew again in 6 months if something opens up.