Friday, Feb 1st

Just a quick update. Not too much has been happening this last week and a half since Bryn, Ryan and I have
been feeling pretty sick. We're so glad Erik has been spared, he's taken good care of us. On Sunday, I wrote that I thought I was
getting better, but that wasn't true. I had a fever thru Tuesday morning. 3 days with a fever really wiped me out, the highest it got was 102.4 and that was with meds every 4 hours. Yuck. The last few days have been better, except for the cough that keeps me awake at night. Thankfully, I slept nearly normally last night. Ryan is still quite miserable and he has also got his awful nose infection back. It's not bothered him much the last few years, but a few times it becomes quite inflamed. So he's still taking it very easy, reading lots and playing lots of video games and listening to lots of music. Thank goodness for technology! Bryn has been sick over a week and a half and felt better today, so went to work out with Erik. I guess he could only work out for about 15 min before he had to stop.

Monday, Ryan and I both had fevers so we had to stay home from the Billy Elliot musical. Bummer. But 2 of the others from FIE that are in our flat here were able to go, so that was good. Joyce and Carol loved it. Erik says he'll take me another time.

Wed, my first day out of the house. Bryn's 18th birthday. We ate dinner at Wagamama's, which was a great place for all of us to gather. They had 2 large tables for us and the food was awesome. I got a chicken ramen soup and it tasted great. After the game, we met Ryan (he wasn't up to too much) and headed, along with about 12 of the students, to the footy. It was a soccer game with Fulham vs West Ham. There were about 25,000 people there, on a work night. It was very exciting with lots of cheering. I only saw one fight on the field and it was quickly broken up. You can tell they have had troubles in the past, there were lots of security there and the away team had a certain area, where they could only go, etc. It didn't seem too rowdy to me, thankfully! On our walk there, we saw the cutest British boy, about 8 years old, selling "Homemade flapjacks and sausages". So sweet-I hope someone bought from him.

I can't believe my Bryn is 18! What a joy boy! As Erik said at the dinner on Wed, "Bryn is the chillest of our children". He is unflappable. He is such a pleasure to be with here in London, never complains, always up for an adventure and very helpful. We're really glad we've had this time to be with him before he heads to Graceland in August. What a cool son he is. It's also exciting for him, he finished up all his school work for the 4 classes he was working on. So now he's officially got the correct credits to graduate on June 12th!

All for now, more exciting posts coming up!