Doing Andrew and Sarah's Summer Party

Saturday sees me beginning to recognize some symptoms: I can’t deny it (to myself) any longer, I have food poisoning. (Gate Gourmets Revenge perhaps?) However, Andrew and Sarah set the date of their party to coincide with our trip so I am pretty darn determined to make it. A hasty calculation based on my work required presence in 2 days and previous illness schedule shows that I can probably “hack my health” and do the party, then spend Sunday in bed just drinking water and then reboot and start eating on Monday in time for a date with Dave for a beer and curry pre-APM (ARM Partner Meeting). If I can’t make that, I still have 24 hours before the APM start proper.
So I do it! The Party is a slightly out of body experience for me, but I get to meet Andrew’s Brother Martin, wife and children who I hadn’t seen since Andrew and Sarah got married. It was a most excellent evening- I was so happy to see he was just the same as ever.