Alex still sick

Well, Alex spent our first week here trying to get over her bad cold. This pretty much kept us in the flat the first couple of days with only a few trips out by Pam or myself to the local shops to get groceries and such. Seems so strange that we can get to the store and back with the groceries in the time it used to take to get in the car and just drive to the supermarket. After the first few days, we were all stir crazy and just had to get some fresh air...the park trips deserve an entry all to themselves. I made one trip into the office to check in and see what was going on. It is about a 20 minute walk. I will try to keep up the walking and avoid the ease of the public transportation until maybe I've lost 30 or so pounds. Of course the beer may offset the exercise ;) We will see.