So, since I last wrote the following has happened:

- I have started a new job at a sustainability think tank.  Some interesting work so far with two very large companies….. and two think tank pieces.

- I got REEEALLLY sick.  For about two weeks I was kind of incapacitated and had no energy.  It really sucked!  However, lots of rest and fluids seemed to get me back into shape. 

- I have started swimming at the local pool and running in Hyde Park.  Lovely!!! 

Because the past few weekends have involved sitting around in bed to get better, I will pick up from where I can last remember being social - this past weekend!  This was probably the first sunny weekend in eons, so on Saturday Andy and I ventured over to Kew Gardens for a quick walkaround.  Unfortunately, because it’s still early spring, there wasn’t a lot to see save for a few sticks in the ground and several tulips.  The greenhouses were beautiful though, old Victorian affairs with lots of clothed urns.  And even stranger, while at Kew Gardens I ran into Shayne and Kate, who I hadn’t seen in about 5 years.  How crazy! 

After that, we met up with Elder Arias and his gf for some drinks in Richmond.  How lovely is this part of town?  There is a tiny strip overlooking the Thames that is just perfect to enjoy a drink, and maybe go for a little row.  (as in the boat, not as in the fight.) 

And then we met up with Albert, Christina, Phil, and his friend Alexei and Daiwen for dinner at a Malaysian place close to us.  Yum!!!! 

Sunday was a low key affair, which included dim sum with Jon and a couple of his friends, and then schlepping over to Pimlico to pick up an ironing board (I swear, we are exciting.)

Oh!  I forgot to mention that two weekends ago we went over to Highgate Cemetery - a creepy old Victorian cemetery where people like Michael Faraday and Karl Marx are buried.  Lots of really neat Victoria design motifs to observe, and creepy overgrown graves…. I totally recommend it!