Happy Birthday Alex

The next couple of days are going to be spent catering. It is my daughter Alex's birthday today, although this is a four day event. She is back with boyfriend Matt, from whom she split just before my previous visit, and they went up to London to stay last night. Today her friends go up to meet her and go to the restaurant they always go to near where Austen and Sue used to live in Stratford, East London. Tomorrow they are all coming here - Kevin is preparing food for that and Alex's godfather whom I haven't seen for several years now will be arriving, then Sunday we have a swap, friends back to Surrey, boyfriend back to Pompey, and brothers arriving at some point. This is really Edward's day, since it is his Christening, but also an extension of the birthday...er....season. In amongst all that we get some r & r since we are going to Simmi and Eilie's tonight.

So, the next few days will contain lots of friends and family that I haven't seen - at best since last visit, at worst, for some time, so I'm pretty excited about all of that and not giving a single moment's thought to the Canadian High Commission holding my passport ransom. Not one, nothing, haven't thought about it at all. Wonder how Macca's doing....must buy chick peas....wonder how the German exam went...not...thinking...about...passport...at....all.....