Soccer!

Hannah scored the winning goal in her soccer match today!

And in other news, we have mum and granny here - or as the children would say we have granny Barbara and granny Teddyvi staying. They arrived on Wednesday, and have done fairly well with the jetlag ever since. Although I should point out that mum is fast asleep on the settee beside me, and has been for some time :-)

Since they've been here we have had dinner at Flatbread, taken a walk in the Royal River Park, got granny to do a lot of ironing, and not done much else. Tomorrow we're considering a trip on the Eastern Maine Railroad, from Brunswick to Wiscasset.

Just before our visitors arrived, I spent a few days in Chicago. I was invited to a Sales Enablement conference run by a company that we buy 'software as service' from. I spent the Sunday afternoon on Michigan Avenue, buying most of J Jill, and reminding myself what the smell is like in Lush. Hadn't been in one for a good three years.

I stayed at the Swissotel which frankly was over-priced. I walked across Chicago to spend a morning in one of our sales offices, and met several sales reps, which was an excellent learning experience for me. Then I had a day and a half of conference, including dinner and cocktails on the 95th floor of the John Hancock Tower. That bit was fabulous, the rest was pretty interesting.

I got back to Maine absolutely shattered, and have been sleeping as much as possible ever since. Travelling is hard work.