books and blessings

Today we got up very late, well we actually got up early but thankfully managed to try our hardest to go back to sleep, and it worked. Lazy slugs :)

We headed down to Word on the Street (sort of book fair type thing). It wasn't that great and we only bought ONE book, a record! On our winding way home we made lots of poky little stops. As we approached the Lord Nelson hotel we noticed that there was a crowd forming outside. We remembered that this was where the Stones were supposedly staying and so decided to swing over and see what was happening. Adam found some stray pieces of wood and ingeniously put together a little footstool for us to stand on so that we had a clear view. We waited and waited and watched all the big black SUV's arriving with their rock star tinted windows. Then the smarmy manager types came out and milled around and make it look like something truly serious was about to happen. Then the police started blocking the street and moving people around- quite a crowd had formed by now- and then.... the band started coming out. They came out one by one and everyone cheered their heads off and jumped around. THEN Mick Jagger came out and he walked down the stairs, parted the crowd, walked right over to us, put his hands on my big round tummy and said "Bless'ed are the children who rock". I said thank you, he got in his car and they drove off into the sunset. OR maybe he just waved at everyone and then got in his car. Either way, it was an exciting afternoon.

The rest of the day was anticlimactically spent mobile making, reading about the gruesome contortions my body is going to perform and cooking a truly delicious summery supper. Oh, and I had a good long chat with Alyson who is happy to hear that my hospital bag is now officially packed. I'm ready to go when this baby is!