Dinner with Andrew and Sarah

This is my 3rd time in the UK in 6 weeks and I must admit I won't be thinking about coming back for a while. I find traveling quite fun but also quite disruptive. There is the ramp up to the event where your family doesn't like that fact that you are going away and consequentially doesn't like you. There is the knowledge that anything you start doing is going to go onto on hold for the duration of your trip and then there is the ramp down as you try to adjust to "normal" life and normal sleep patterns amid the turmoil of being missed. It sucks and I've had enough of it, but it goes on being required and I go on doing it because it keeps me close to my aging parents and friends...

Today I got off the plane, had a few meetings and then turned up on Andy and Sarah for a curry. Andy was somewhat surprised by the intensity of it all- I pointed out that was nothing compared to last November where I got off to the plane, went to some meetings, had my job taken away from me and went out for a curry.

Our evening was very pleasant despite the jet lag and I ended up playing Andy and Sarah, "Kanute" one of my latest releases and Andy laughed, he totally got it and I was quite chuffed. I still need to get the website done though. Andy commented that it was altogether intensely upbeat from start to finish and might improve with some additional downbeat sections, but Sarah countered with (as I recall) a commentary on a Jane Austin novel which pointed out it was exactly as it should have been [Sarah feel free to comment/correct on my recollection].