Rainy Saturday

Today was a fun day, despite the constant rain. The whole family tromped out in the wet for a run around the campus. Although the kids did put up a squabble when we dragged them away from playing Legos in Noah's cozy room, once they were outside they had a good time playing some imaginary jumping, jogging, laughing game.

We took a tour of the University's new recreation center and we were quite impressed. We are debating joining because it is just down from our cottage, but it is pricey. Darn Bush for killing the dollar.

This afternoon, we grabbed out backpacks and walked in the rain downtown. Although it is only a couple of miles, it is a nearly hour walk for some reason. Even in the rain, it was beautiful. The kids were troopers and played a game where they earned points for saying "cheers!" to strangers we passed on the street. The Brits in Bath are not as social as U.S. Southerners and rarely respond even to two cute kids.

We managed to do our grocery shopping even though our familiar brands were not available. How can they not have Nestle Quik chocolate mix or Silk soymilk? How do you choose when there are 4 different types - not brands - of oatmeal?

We caught the bus back up the hill and Venu, the boy who lives next to us, was waiting to play. He joined the kids for tea and cake.

All in all, a jolly good day.

Side note: Rachelle and I received an email from cousin Doug Baker wishing us a happy anniversary last night. As we have done nearly every year, we both forgot it was our anniversary on August 8. You would think that we would remember with it being 8/8/08 and several people joking about the date. We were even out to dinner and out for drinks and it never crossed our minds. Maybe we'll remember next year!