Mmmmm chocolate

The weather has been all over the place with snow showers, rain and sunny days so it has been quite a shock to the system to be back in Virginia.

After a week back at work I took Helen to New York for her birthday; we went to a veggie Korean restaurant and then strolled along to Madison Square Garden to see Eddie Izzard.  Eddie was brilliant but I think Helen and I were the only ones laughing when he took the rise out of American football.

The next day we drove through Manhattan do Helen could get to JFK to go to the Geoscience L&T Conference.  I then drove home through the pouring rain and all the crazy drivers to get back home.  Helen had a bit of a problem changing flights at Dublin as the flight from JFK was late tasking off due to the rain and had to check in for the next flight and then go through immigration a second time.  Eventually Helen arrived at Manchester and met Kitty for Lunch and to hand over Christmas presents before heading on to Birmingham (Bournville) for her conference.

Monday was Martin Luther King Day and a day off so I kicked off the week by starting to sort out what needs shipping and what we're taking with us when we return to the UK.  For the next few days I had a training course in preparation for my next job and then picked Helen up from Reagan Airport on Saturday.