Sunday morning catch-up

It's been a busy week, starting with my in bed with some disgusting and painful belly ailment and ending with yesterday's trip to Legoland. We went to this esteemed kiddie amusement park with my friend Wilma, a lovely woman I met through work, who is a senior house matron at a local girls' school. A small group of girls and adults went yesterday and it was a very fun day. Bailey fit in great with the group, although she did have to adjust to the rules of travelling in a group and the group decision processes (like, which ride is next?). I hadn't been on a group outing like that since my days at FSU, and am happy to report yesterday's trip of eight well-behaved and respectful girls was a breeze compared with accompanying 50-100 college students anywhere...

It's been a momentous political week, with Barack Obama finally owning the Presidential nomination and Prime Minister Gordon Brown fighting for an extension in detaining terrorism suspects, to 42-days. He's struggling through yet another ugly fight and I don't see how much longer one person can manage such a combative relationship with Parliament. We'll see...

I know everyone everwhere is suffering through inflated fuel costs but I'm still shocked when I fill my car's diesel tank every couple weeks. This week I paid £1.27 a litre to fill up, which was the cheapest within my driving range. That comes out to something like £6 a UK gallon. What a crazy world...

Today's plans include a visit to the Psycho Buildings exhibit at the Hayward Gallery. Rowboating on the roof? Just our thing!