Day 63, May 1.

I can’t believe it’s May. I left home in Vermont in the winter, the last day of February, and it’s May?! That’s a long time to be on the road away from home.

I had a terrible night’s sleep, perhaps the worst of my trip. Plus my back really hurt this morning. But, oh well, I had to rally because I had a training to run on Relationships and Parenting for 15+ people. I made it through okay.

I think it went well—certainly a bunch of people came up to me afterwards to tell me how much they loved it.

The part I wasn’t sure about was that usually I have to encourage people to talk and ask questions; in this one there was an overabundance of talking—a few people almost totally monopolized the conversation and it was hard even for me to get a word in edgewise.

For the last segment I had to just say that I wanted to hear from the people who hadn’t said anything yet, and that kind of got things back on track.

All in all it went well, judging by the response.

Tony and Steve were again wonderful hosts—it was great hanging out with them. And Janet and I seem to have a special connection, but she probably does with everyone; she’s that kind of person.

When we hit the train station I hopped right onto the train to London Victoria station, then had to negotiate my way through the underground on the Circle (Yellow) line to get off at the High Street Kensington stop. Then I had to find my way to the hotel that Teal had arranged for me, which is a nice place for an inexpensive rate, but they stuck me on the very top floor (4 flights up with no elevator lugging up my heavy bags), and I can’t get internet service way up there and I’ve got a lot of logistical arrangements to take care of. I also was really looking forward to just settling in with a Netflix movie. Oh well…

Speaking of Netflix, I highly recommend a foreign film called The Hunt, which is about the power of thought and “reality” gone wrong.