The Ring, the Cakes and the German

Jonathan had an all night Lord Of the Rings session last night with 2 of the kids in the house. They tanked themselves up on junk food in an effort to be so hyper that the night would pass in a haze of sugar. Well it worked up to a point and there is a dispute about who actually managed the whole night without sleep but they all looked a bit rough this morning. I tootled down to the local coffee shop for a fix this morning. Partly in a effort to work off some of the backlog of food and partly because I have become seriously decaffinated. It was the most glorious day and the temp went up to 27 C. It didn't really feel that hot though.

We headed off for lunch and had a delicious meal with cake to finish and this time though Greg was laughing at me for having to eat so much he got nabbed to stay as well. Vanessa has suggested that we start to ask for slices of things to bring home so she can have some too. Jonathan who was sleep deprived functioned sufficiently to have seconds. Home then for a few minutes and then having dropped Jonathan off we headed for the funeral parlour where we met with Harold's family and said that we would call back later for prayers. It was a little odd to meet with a family for a funeral visitation when the deceased had already been cremated and the urn was on the table beside a photo of him. We went back this evening and I went too at the request Harold's Mum who really is a very gracious lady. The funeral is tomorrow at which I am assisting and it may well be a full church. The fire dept limit for the church is 335.

Dinner this evening was courtesy of Isle, a German born lady who had the Lutheran minister there as well. He said the grace in a kind of sing song voice that I really only existed in odd tv programmes- I was afraid to look at Jonathan. Dinner was extensive and the lady herself was a very germanic woman and I was very glad I ate all my vegetables and ......no thank you I won't have a slice of cream cake........gosh all your own fruit in the inside, how lovely...............and low in sugar..................well I wouldn't like to offend you...............just a sliver then since you obviously went to all that trouble...............thank you, but that looks looks like a whole slice. And then to the end of another day, full and tired. And we've been here less than a week?
til tomorrow then. X