Long and exciting day
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elingregoryA day of firsts, in fact. My first trip to Weymouth to see my son and his girlfriend. Wilf's first long car journey. My first Starbucks coffee.
Journey was okay. Son and GF were lovely and so was their tiny flat [their last one was horrible]. I really want to explore Weymouth some time. Chesil Beach is really impressive. so are the pies from the Pies and Ale pub!
Wilf had a grumble in the car - such a boring thing to have to sit still and not chew the drivers ears - but he was very good on the whole and adored the kids. That was good because Mike was very upset when Sirius died. He called him 'silly bastard' and Sirius loved it. But as soon as he saw him Wilf threw himself into Mike's arms and adored him.
Coming home, rush hour *facepalm*, too many lights, too many cars - yuck! So we stopped for coffee.
Starbucks - yeah right. I didn't like it but couldn't stop drinking it. I think maybe it has catnip in it or something.
We're home now and just to put the cherry on top of the day - Wilf just fell in the pond, Paul did too as he tried to fish him out. Duck weed everywhere. I'm NOT laughing. Oh, no I'm not.
Journey was okay. Son and GF were lovely and so was their tiny flat [their last one was horrible]. I really want to explore Weymouth some time. Chesil Beach is really impressive. so are the pies from the Pies and Ale pub!
Wilf had a grumble in the car - such a boring thing to have to sit still and not chew the drivers ears - but he was very good on the whole and adored the kids. That was good because Mike was very upset when Sirius died. He called him 'silly bastard' and Sirius loved it. But as soon as he saw him Wilf threw himself into Mike's arms and adored him.
Coming home, rush hour *facepalm*, too many lights, too many cars - yuck! So we stopped for coffee.
Starbucks - yeah right. I didn't like it but couldn't stop drinking it. I think maybe it has catnip in it or something.
We're home now and just to put the cherry on top of the day - Wilf just fell in the pond, Paul did too as he tried to fish him out. Duck weed everywhere. I'm NOT laughing. Oh, no I'm not.
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Date: 2012-11-13 08:43 pm (UTC)I used to meet writer-y friends* in Starbucks-in-Borders-in-Oxford (when I lived down there) and it was astonishing how many mugs would be gathered on our table(s) by the end of an afternoon...
*we were a bunch of people who'd met up because we were having a go at Nanowrimo and we kept meeting up after that even though most of us didn't finish our Nano-things, and we rarely talked about writing...
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Date: 2012-11-13 09:53 pm (UTC)Starbucks tho'. I'll buy more when they start paying their tax.
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Date: 2012-11-13 11:33 pm (UTC)