Poor Laine, he had such a terrible day yesterday!!! He went out to enjoy the beautiful London sunshine and blue skies. Well they tricked him, by lunchtime it was grey and ugly. Then it started to pour rain on him. He was miserable and wet all day. He met some friends for dinner last night and then left to come back to my place. Long story short, the tube stations and the train stations were closed so three hours later a very wet and unhappy Laine showed up at my place somewhere around 3am. Oh he looked sooooo sad! A warning to us all, never trust a blue sky in London.

I have also determined that there is just too darn much to write about from the last 2 weeks!!! So here is a quick summary: Ashley and Brittany had a great time (me too!) They appeared to love London (they lucked out with the weather) We did all of the touristy stuff including the London Eye Katherine!! Both nights we were in London, they were completely worn out by the time we got home. On Saturday we drove to Stratford Upon Avon (Shakesphere's birthplace) It is a nice little town with some history. The girls decided they wanted to see a Shapesphere play so we saw Macbeth. They enjoyed it much more than I did, but it was a great experience overall. It was their first time in a B&B and they were a little put off at first by sleeping in someone else's house but they liked it in the end. I don't think either of them are big fans of the traditional english breakfast though! On Sunday we went to Warwick castle and they loved that! it was a beautiful day and we got there first thing so we avoided the tour buses of people. And for the perfect ending? We made it back to my place in time to watch the football (soccer) game. It's a big deal here and there were even riots here in Croydon after because England had a very sad loss in the last 3 minutes of the game. Here are the pics I took when they were here: Ash & Brit Here

And this is my favorite picture of them on the trip because it just looks so relaxed and vacationy. We took it by the Serpentine in Hyde Park.



My week at home was outstanding. The weather sucked but I am used to that now (I just don't expect it at home though!!) Jamie and I got a lot accomplished! I bought my wedding dress (very long story, if you haven't heard it already and really want to email me.) Jamie and I bought our wedding rings and we met with the caterer and got the dinner for the wedding sorted out. I had a wonderful week but it went way too fast!

I had some good news when I got back here. I am able to go back to the US in December for Christmas and stay there. I won't need to come back to Switzerland. This is a good thing for me and Nestle. I am very excited to get back and start my new life (just gotta finish up this one here first though!)