Time went surprisingly fast while Georgina was in England which is definalty a good thing. Two kayak pool sessions a week and a kayak trip took up most of my spare time. Work has become more relaxing in one sense, I have some idea what I am doing. The NP synthesis appears to work well for me these days and I actually enjoy seeing the colour transitions of the solutions and followed by the photo-luminesence (induced by UV light).
I took a trip over to see my brother, Dave, who lives in North Carolina and the weekend before George’s return. It’s about 1.5h flight from Detriot to Greensboro so not too much effort there. Dave and Jane picked me up from the airport. They were a bit late because they were on their way back from Las Vegas trip and their flight was delayed. It was pretty late by the time we got back to his house and my nieces and nephew were asleep. Just time to have a pint of Dave’s homebrew beer (actually pretty good). Jessica and Megan normally share a room so that meant I could sleep in Jessica’s room (to her amusement). We didn’t get up to that much on Saturday we hung around the house and garden and basically chilled out. The girls gave me a tour around the house. Ollie had a sticker book with an aeroplane theme. I had a game of pool with Jessica and Megan and then against Dave. Later on Dave, me, and Bill went for a drink at a bar which was about 15 minutes drive. We got totally drunk and ended up being the last to leave Not sure how it happened… Sunday was a total hangover. I hate bad hangovers at other peoples houses. I think Dave felt bad too. I got back to Ann Arbor and basically went to bed.
Meanwhile George had been in England and had no problems getting her visa (except for not having her appointment letter and having to get another appointment form sent there and then!). Talking long distance was not easy actually the phone in the cottage has a terrible reception. We were looking forward to being back together. I was well prepared for Georgina’s return to the US. I had cooked and tidied. We were hoping to go straight to kayaking but that never happened. The flight was late and customs at Detriot took over an hour to get through.
George was very organized when she got back and even did her driving theory test – something I still had not done. At the weekend we hired a car and decided to go somewhere away from Ann Arbor. I wanted to go to a water park but the weather was still winter-like. An indoor waterpark it was then. We went to Frankenmuth, which is meant to have a German Christmas theme. It was very weird- totally bizarre. It is like a holiday town and part of it was a bit like a family Butlins type place. Not sure how else to discribe it. We wangled a half day ticket and got into the pool. It was very busy and had to slides that you ride down on inflatable rings (two or one person). It was great fun. By eck there were some big people in that pool. Eventually we decided to leave. This was after it was reported that a kid had been sick in the water. They fixed it by pouring bleaching into the water. Yuk! We drove north until we got bored and then drove all the way home.
On the next morning George did her driving test. She passed despite not stopping close enough to a line (2ft is the allowence), and knocking down the cones on the parallel park. Apparently you can have 6 faults in the parking lock test. Georgie then went off for the rest her test, which included changing lanes and turning the stereo on. She passed! Two driving tests in the same year in two different countries. The US test was considerably easier. It will be me next!
I took a trip over to see my brother, Dave, who lives in North Carolina and the weekend before George’s return. It’s about 1.5h flight from Detriot to Greensboro so not too much effort there. Dave and Jane picked me up from the airport. They were a bit late because they were on their way back from Las Vegas trip and their flight was delayed. It was pretty late by the time we got back to his house and my nieces and nephew were asleep. Just time to have a pint of Dave’s homebrew beer (actually pretty good). Jessica and Megan normally share a room so that meant I could sleep in Jessica’s room (to her amusement). We didn’t get up to that much on Saturday we hung around the house and garden and basically chilled out. The girls gave me a tour around the house. Ollie had a sticker book with an aeroplane theme. I had a game of pool with Jessica and Megan and then against Dave. Later on Dave, me, and Bill went for a drink at a bar which was about 15 minutes drive. We got totally drunk and ended up being the last to leave Not sure how it happened… Sunday was a total hangover. I hate bad hangovers at other peoples houses. I think Dave felt bad too. I got back to Ann Arbor and basically went to bed.
Meanwhile George had been in England and had no problems getting her visa (except for not having her appointment letter and having to get another appointment form sent there and then!). Talking long distance was not easy actually the phone in the cottage has a terrible reception. We were looking forward to being back together. I was well prepared for Georgina’s return to the US. I had cooked and tidied. We were hoping to go straight to kayaking but that never happened. The flight was late and customs at Detriot took over an hour to get through.
George was very organized when she got back and even did her driving theory test – something I still had not done. At the weekend we hired a car and decided to go somewhere away from Ann Arbor. I wanted to go to a water park but the weather was still winter-like. An indoor waterpark it was then. We went to Frankenmuth, which is meant to have a German Christmas theme. It was very weird- totally bizarre. It is like a holiday town and part of it was a bit like a family Butlins type place. Not sure how else to discribe it. We wangled a half day ticket and got into the pool. It was very busy and had to slides that you ride down on inflatable rings (two or one person). It was great fun. By eck there were some big people in that pool. Eventually we decided to leave. This was after it was reported that a kid had been sick in the water. They fixed it by pouring bleaching into the water. Yuk! We drove north until we got bored and then drove all the way home.
On the next morning George did her driving test. She passed despite not stopping close enough to a line (2ft is the allowence), and knocking down the cones on the parallel park. Apparently you can have 6 faults in the parking lock test. Georgie then went off for the rest her test, which included changing lanes and turning the stereo on. She passed! Two driving tests in the same year in two different countries. The US test was considerably easier. It will be me next!
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