Sunday, January 15, 2006

A nice surprise

Lots of jobs to do today, preparing for a 'surprise' (he won't know until he gets to the airport) birthday visit from a friend from the UK. His partner has invited a group of his closest friends to come over and enjoy themselves for a few nights of wining and dining, and we are co-hosts. Altogether there will be 9 of us, Jan will cook for us all tomorrow night and on Tuesday, his birthday, we have arranged a special meal at our favourite restaurant nearby. Whilst there has already been quite a lot of other preparation, I haven't been able to mention this before just in case he reads about it here. By the time this is posted he will be travelling.
I've known 'AJ' for quite a few years now and my fondest recent memory was when he was last over here. The discussion, around a very 'merry' dinner table, was all about when and how people first met. AJ was, as usual, keeping people in fits of laughter when he turned to an enthralled 10 year old and asked her, "And tell me Becky, when did you first meet your parents?"

I'm really looking forward to the next few days.

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