Abingdon and Kate's birthday

Yesterday was such a busy today, so today (sunday) neither of us are out of bed and it's almost midday! Anyway, yesterday Hannah and Rossa and little boy Jack came over in the car, we had a cuppa, then we drove to Abingdon in Oxford to see Sarah our old university flatmate and boyfriend John. They have a house there and did a barbeque. On the way the last week of stiffling heat broke and we drove through an electric storm, with water coming at us in all directions, fog, thunder and lightning - bit hair-raising really to drive through. It was the worst weather we'd seen for ages. Along the M40 loads of cars were pulling over and had their hazard lights on, and Rossa drove in 3rd gear, going only at 25/30 miles an hour.
But we got to Sarah's safe and sound and it was a fun afternoon.

Unfortunately another housemate Emily broke down on her way from Milton Keynes so we weren't able to catch up with her.

Little boy Jack is a proper cheeky boy and very much a daddy's boy at the moment. He is 2 and 3 months, running around and climbing all over dad Rossa; he's got a cheeky little smile too! Hannah's friend James was there too and we shared a very cramped car-ride home.



It turns out that he and the lovely Xavier look at this blog and I was so happy to hear that! Xavier just got married in france and Hannah Rossa and Jack went - she showed me their photos and it looked wonderful. He looked very snazzy and the bride looked amazing! It's so fun to think of my Erasmus boys from Griffin growing up and getting respectable!!! And knowing that this blog does actually get read is wonderful - but boys LEAVE A MESSAGE NEXT TIME!!!

After we got back at about 8.30 me and Alex went into Moseley to celebrate Kate's birthday. It was the usual crowd - Pete and Vicky, Kate, Dawn, Michelle and Nick, and a smattering of newish boyfriends who I'm happy to report were LOVELY! - it was a great chance to catch up with everyone and we had loads of fun. And god bless the new licensing guidelines - there was a much nicer atmosphere because no one was rushing to drink up at 11 o'clock.The Patrick Kavanagh in Moseley is a lovely place, best of all it's friendly, not expensive, and has a recently introduced cake selection!!! That's my kind of pub...