back and not jet-lagged!

we arrived back in the UK on monday night. we left my sister's house around 4 a.m. local time, and arrive back at our flat around 11 p.m. england time. was strange, leaving in the dark and arriving in the dark. but, i'm really happy we found a flight that left monday and arrived monday, as the overnight flights really toy with one's body clock. the flights were non-eventful, no jettisoned fuel, etc.

lots and lots of turbulence; in fact, on our flight to newark from cleveland the drinks service was canceled because the pilot feared the flight attendants would be injured trying to serve coffee. haha, i've never really experienced that level of shakiness, but it surprisingly wasn't that big of an issue, perhaps because the flight was only an hour long. we had equal amounts crossing the atlantic, but due to the near-emptiness of the flight, it didn't really matter. something about being able to stretch out across aisles of seats makes all air-related issues more tolerable, i'm learning.

the abta walk was a success and lots of fun. we raised more than $1000 for brain tumor research! was a cold day, and some of us opted to jog instead of walk. i think for an ex-cross country runner, 11 minute miles was very respectable, considering i haven't run a 5K in probably 10 years. i'm hoping next year i'll be in better shape.

my friend charlie was in london, on holiday from his teaching job in france, so richard and i met up with him, his friend jen and my friend sigga yesterday evening. after drinks in the nordic bar, we headed to brick lane for an impromptu curry as well. i like brick lane curry, but i wasn't blown away by last night's meal. we noticed a curry house across the street after we sat down that we'll try next time.

oh, and i have 2 more job interviews this week. tomorrow's is still being set up, and to be honest, i'm not that sure what the job entails exactly. i'd agreed to the recruiter sending my CV last friday, and i'm still waiting to receive the job specs. it's a proj management job with a marketing research company in london bridge, and that's all i know. the second interview is a 3-month contract. so, we'll see what happens.

we brought back insane amounts of cheap toiletries and american food that i still need to sort through. but ah, here are shots of our last american breakfast (if you don't count burger king at the airport--and really, is that food?). goat cheese and fig omelet, pancakes... mmm. this was from dali's cafe in downer's grove, illinois. i think most of the table concurred it was probably the best breakfast we'd ever eaten. er, the best breakfast we could remember in recent memory.