The other day was a day off, which I spent riding my bike around Cambridge and ducking in and out of bookshops and stalls in the market. It was so fun! I bought a old copy of Lorna Dune for a pound, and a collection of Chesterton's Father Brown mysteries (the introduction says that Father Brown is the exact opposite of Lord Peter, who is my favorite mystery character.) The day was everything a fall day should be, down to the smell of good coffee and pastries in the market and the sun on one's back. It was the first day of classes at the university, and there seemed to be a festival atmosphere around town.
I had tea in a tiny tea room across from the Round Church, which was built in the 12th century; tea consisted of a huge scone and a pot of tea, with the company of my newly aquired books.

Yesterday I went running with the two toddlers in a stroller. It wasn't really a jogging stroller, but was a bit better than the normal buggy... I thought I was going to die. It was much harder than just running! I ran to a park and let the kids play on the equipment for a while. After a few minutes I put them back in the stroller and gave them snacks, then started to walk back. Ashley turned around and asked scornfully, "Why aren't you running?" I ran home. Nothing like a three year old for motivation.

Today is Ashley's birthday party... As a matter of fact, everyone in the family with the exception of Peter has a birthday in either September or October. Ashley is so excited. Victoria wants me to make a bow and arrow with her this afternoon, and went so far as to ask her mom to schedule it into the day's events. My brothers would chuckle. We'll see how it goes.

Hope all is well with you all. If anyone wants a good movie idea, try Miss Potter if you haven't already. I watched it last night with my friend Elisa, and it was pretty good.

Till later!