Olivia

John and I had lunch with Olivia and her parents yesterday, and it was a great time. Olivia was all smiles, but she's forgotten a huge amount of English. She responded to lots of questions with 'fine' or 'I forgot,' and relied on saying, "Come, Kristen" and pointing to things. I'll be watching her next week, and a few odd days in the month of October. I'm sure her English will start to kick in after a few days.

My high-school buddy Lana arrives tonight with her husband and son. They got a great flight; they leave LA and fly straight through to London, then hop to Copenhagen. Unfortunately they changed their plans at the last minute, and will have to take a train from Copenhagen to Århus- it's a four hour trip! (We don't have high-speed trains in Denmark.) That last leg should be a killer, and they'll arrive at 10 pm our time.

I'm excited, but it doesn't seem real yet.

John is doing better. The swelling is down in his arm and fingers, so he has more movement. He managed to get through the shower on his own and tie his own shoes this morning. He's giving a talk at the University tomorrow. It's meant to be a dry-run to the talks he'll give when interviewing. We'll see how he does.