Birthdays and Babysitting

I don’t have time (or you folks don’t have the attention span) for me to go on and on about everything I’ve done over the past week.

I had a wonderful birthday thanks to Toni-Marie who spent the weekend at my apartment and made me breakfast on Saturday and Sunday. Over the course of the weekend she took me rowing on the lake in Regent's Park, walking up Primrose hill and wandering through markets in Camden, Petticoat Lane, Brick Lane and the flower market on Columbia Road. Talk about eventful!

And as an added birthday present – I got a part-time job babysitting. It’s only once in a while but I don’t mind. I’m babysitting a teenage girl and she’s actually pretty awesome. Though, admittedly, I feel like it would be easier to babysit a toddler than a teen. At least with toddlers you can come up with games to amuse them etc. with teens it’s just like…okay what do we talk about next?

In other news - I spent Thursday registering at the British Library and the Senate House Library. It was hot and the tube was even hotter and I made the poor decision of a grocery run but, by Thursday night what I had to show for it was a full fridge, two membership cards and a massive dehydration induced headache.

Finally, I come to this weekend. The hottest it has been at this time of year in London in 100 years….PICNIC! Tonz and I spent the day in Hyde Park lounging and munching on baguettes. Tomorrow we’ll probably head to a different park to continue filling our solar powered cells before the onslaught of winter.