26 January 2010

After my usual nursery day swim with Jo, we met Bettina for lunch at TY Harbor; a late celebration of her recent birthday. We ended up staying there three hours, enjoying the chance to chat freely (Cooper obligingly slept through most of it). I think we covered just about everything in our wide-ranging discussion: it was long enough to get kid talk out of the way and mull over some real-world issues like the global downturn. The staff had to gently persuade us to leave as we had stayed beyond dining-room hours. Life here would be very boring and lonely without the good friends I have made; it is always sobering to know that the nature of our situations means that one day we will only be able to stay in touch over the net.