sj, much ~ma for your mom’s coworker, her family and especially the daughter and the others who’ve been injured. That’s just terrible.
Thanks for all the birthday wishes! It was a lovely day. High tea was followed by shopping, the Shrek movie, and dinner at a steakhouse. We went from classy to ‘ah, this is more our style’ rather fast. Great stuff.
I love the high tea at Fornum & Mason. It just makes you feel so civilised.
Heh. It mostly made me feel like I had no class. I argued with the waiter who wanted to move my wheelchair, ordered more scones (apparently you’re supposed to refuse when they offer you more...), poured a cup of tea back into the pot (cue The Girl being unable to stop giggling) and said “shit!” very loudly at one point. Bit too posh for this irish farmer’s granddaughter. But such amazing food! I may have slightly overdone the cakes and scones. Just slightly.
(It's a sandwich. You pick it up with your hands and eat it.)
I sympathise with your mother. These are the sorts of the places where you feel like there’s etiquette you just don’t know. Makes you look nervously at what other people are doing a lot. (No good if you’re surrounded by tourists!)
I hope I look as good as you at 103!
I am surprisingly youthful of appearance, it is true.
Aims, that’s horrible. Much ~ma for fighting it.
My grandmother does a lot of family history stuff. She goes to classes. She’s found out a lot about where our family went after a lot of them left County Cork - including Boston and Australia. We’re now in touch with cousins all over the place. It’s fascinating stuff.
Interview~ma, Hil! I hope you get the job.