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Hello there!

Taking a break from packing! My kids plus girlfriend and wife are

coming up on Sat.....they fancy a barbecue!.......and we're leaving

in the early hours of Sunday so I'll have to be ready beforehand so

that we can spend a few hours together.

The doc who mentioned grass is actually a friend who wrote to me and

was just sort of joking in a kind and friendly way. He's been very,

very supportive. It just seemed a funny thing to say to a

Liverpudlian....especially one who spends her days patrolling a HUGE

school and its grounds, its long corridors etc!!

Well, Chrissy, Alabama seems exotic to me; it doesn't really exist,

does it? I thought it was just a film set LOL!!!! I'd love to visit

the US, the deep south and everywhere else as well! I'd like to

come to the PAI symposium one year. Of course, my gepgraphy is an

absolute disgrace and I couldn't actually point to Indianapolis on a

map!

Yes, Jim said it was pretty cool listening to the Dalai Lama. He was

being given a fellowship at one of the universities here in

Liverpool. It was a very simple ceremony (usually they are full of

pomp etc.), perhaps at his request. The cathedral was packed, of

course, and he finally spoke for about 20 minutes in very broken

English but had a great sense of fun as well. Well, Jim HAS come

back bald......but then he was bald when he went!! (I was hoping for

a miracle and he'd come back with hair!!) No chanting though, but

then he hasn't had his beer yet this evening!

You've really cheered me up! I HATE packing. It reminds me how fat I

am and I can never decide what to take anyway to take account of the

weather. I like to have 17 different pairs of shoes with me and it

ain't possible! I can't take my usual mountain of things because

we're not hiring a car this time. I don't think Jim fancies driving

on that Spanish Costa de Sol motorway! We'll stay put but spend one

day in Granada and then go to Seville or Cordova by bus and stay

overnight. Hope it's warm enough to swim outside!

Carry on being wonderful and getting better and better and better!!

I'm sure your daughter will wow the boys. I remember Heidi talking

about how lovely she was, and how intelligent. Of course, it takes

one to recognise one....and to make one!!

Love to you all on that side of the pond,

Fliss (UK)