Im just about to land in jolly old England.. And I'm feeling neither jolly nor (thankfully) old.. Unfortunately due to an equipment mixup, i did not have enough battery power to get all the work done i needed to do .. So it looks like a long night.

 

I am happy, though, to be returning to the UK. Ive only been here in short (1-2 day) stays since diane and i lived here in 1984-86. I was working at ibm hursley and diane was at grad school at the university of southhampton.

In fact,… on Wednesday, i will return for first time I've been back to our adopted home town of Winchester for… Hmmmm… When was it ? Sam was 3 and max was 7 i guess that makes it something like 17 years.. Then we traded homes wihit our dear friiends phil and sue.. They took ours, we took theirs…

 

I remember that trip so well…. We sat in their wonderful house in the country and watched old godzilla movies and played with their cat….

 

Now so much has changed… both sam and sue have died. . Phil is visiting in the us.. Tis week aNd im going to be here on my own,,, Im looking forward to it in a nostalgic kind of way… If you can look forward to something in the past.

 

I do look forward to walking the same streets.. Seeing some old friends and reliving those relativly crefree days of warm beer, cream teas and fried food.

 

I am looking forward to the work im doing he as well.. Im very excited about the stuff im working on now.. At the same time its complex… Wish me luck..

 

 

Ahh were landing now.. Btter sign off.. More from the round,