Drama in the City

So, Skip had an interesting experience yesterday. He has two offices that he travels to during the week. One is west of here in Teddington and the other is the London Bridge office, right in the heart of London. It's not surprising that there are homeless people in a large metropolitan area. Skip often sees the same people whom he assumes live on the street when he goes into the London office. But yesterday, he saw something he hadn't seen before. One of the women decided to relieve herself by peeing directly into one of the water drains on the street. He said that was a first for him. Personally, I think he was being a little sexist. He wouldn't have been nearly as shocked by a man doing the same thing. You don't often see something that's sad and shocking and a bit funny all at the same time on your way to work. See what a fascinating city London is!

I had my own personal drama early this morning as I stumbled across the fact that the Jonas Brothers are coming in concert here in London for one night only on September 11 and the tickets were all but sold out. Maddie is a Jonas Brothers fanatic and I was trying to figure out a way that she would never know that they were even here when I was able to secure three tickets on a ticket re-selling site. Of course, I ended up paying slightly more than the original face value. There went my ticket money to see a short-run revival of They're Playing Our Song. Oh, well. We're waiting to tell her until closer to the date or she would be driving everybody crazy!

My driving continues to get easier and easier. I'm even learning how to bob and weave in these many streets that allow two-way traffic, but aren't wide enough for two cars. The round-a-bouts continue to confuse me, but they're getting easier as well. I am loving our new health club. It has quite the set up. We're going to sign Maddie up for a 13-week karate course there. That should be interesting.