Afternoon tea

Whenever Tweedledum has an interview I find getting through the day a real trial. It was the same case today. Left him at the station in the morning. He should be in London by 12. Got back home and went straight back to bed. Unfortunately, I had to get up because I had told Golda Meir I'll meet her for lunch. It must be my day because she called and wanted it moved up to a coffee which suited me just fine. I got the leisurely morning I had been looking forward to. Had breakfast while lazing in bed. Continued with the biography of Indira Gandhi that I have been struggling with....when will it get over. Around 12:30, finally moved my butt and went for a walk in the forest. It is still quite green. The leaves haven't fallen off yet to leave behind the barren winter look. I ran into the professor jogging once again, this time with his daughter. We seem to be making a habit of it though I am sure he doesn't know me from Adam. The man has started speaking to me in French.

And then we come to the second half of the day. Golda Meir and coffee in school and then on to the Aztecs place for a get together, which was really pleasant. New faces after a long time. Met the Incas Singapore friend. So easy to talk to. When it comes to debt, you have pre-approved loans. When it comes to friends, I am going to give Latin Americans, the pre-approved rating. They are fun! As for food - lemon pie, banana cake, chocolates, cookies - do I even know the 'D' of diet?!? If all that wasn't enough, I'd just got back to campus when Shy person called about dinner. Extremely thoughtful of him to include me in the plans. I had thought I would go back home to a lonely roti and dal by myself. But then together, we tried to trick Alchoholics Anonymous into shifting the menu from Turkish to Chinese. Got caught in the act:-/ but in the end we went with chinese. Our menu with the restaurant has to be the most constant factor of my life in Fontainebleau - Imperial chicken and Indonesian rice.

And now comes the ultimate. These guys actually came back with me to wait for Tweedledum. He was taking the late train back and they decide they would accompany me to the station since it would be close to midnight. I was floored. Though at the end of the day, it was all for naught. There were no trains to Melun after 11 and Tweedle had to take the cab back. AA suffered the most - he had come prepared to study. Don't think he got past the first paragraph.