England - Day 2 (I think!)

Well, here I am in the suburbs of London - about an hour out of the city in a town called Sandhurst. It's very British - lots of flowers and gardens and houses that look like they belong in the English countryside. It's very nice.

My stay in London was pretty much a waste of time since I spent most of it sleeping - 5 hours Sat. afternoon, and then 11 hours last night. My headache finally went away; I'm sure it was due to sleep deprivation.

My hotel was across the street from the Tower of London, which is where I think the workers at American Airlines should be imprisoned. I walked around the area for a few minutes yesterday afternoon, but it was cold and raining, and I was exhausted.

I ate in the hotel - pretty bad, really. The usual English stuff: meats and potatoes, and lots of unidentifiable stuff on the buffet. I'm sure there were better restaurants around, but I was so tired I didn't care. And for those of you who know me, that means I was REALLY tired.

Then to add salt to the wound my laptop crashed. All thanks to the new, great encryption software the bank made us install. It totally trashed my machine; not sure what I am going to do this week. I'm on Scott's laptop now, at his wireless house.

I was going to take a train (actually 2) out here this morning, but decided to treat myself to a cab. It was worth it.

When I got here we (Scott, his wife Wendy, 2 teenage girls, and Fluke the old dog) went to a local park and hit a baseball around for a while. They call everything by a different name here: baseball is "rounders," the catcher is the "back stop," the pitcher is the "bowler," etc. It was fun though and a good workout.

Now we're just sitting around watching TV, reading the paper, etc. Scott is cooking a roast for dinner - smells great already.

Much better to be here than a hotel!

Tomorrow it's off to the office. It's going to be an adventure!

Cheers!