So between the rain, the new prime minister we're getting today who is the very definition of "charisma bypass", the fact that the lawn is so long I'm sure that any moment now an antelope or two will come springing out by the hammock, and the 4th of July party we're having next weekend (on the 7th of July, as you do when you don't live in your home country anymore and you can't inconvenience everyone to come over for a BBQ on a work day), Angus, Jeff and I are bunking off on a booze cruise today.

Although technically we're taking the Euro Tunnel so it's not a cruise, it's a train. What does that make it - a rum run? Locomotive loot? Something equally trite?

I know it's trite and everyone does it, but we're off to France for an afternoon to buy alcohol and do a grocery run. Alcohol in France costs a fraction of what it does over here thanks to our good friend The Tax, and so we make one France run a year and the alcohol tends to last us for about 10-12 months. We're out of alcohol. It is time. Plus, it's an interesting diversion for the day, it gets us out of the way of the rain that's coming and we get to buy fabulous French Emmenthal, which makes my heart go pitter patter*.

So apologies for the short post, but computer time will continue to be limited until the little guy goes home tomorrow, and I've got some long ones coming after that.

-H.

* Yes I am allowed to eat Emmenthal. It's considered a safe one.

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