ok, before I start I must admit to not being much of a rugby fan.I did get to watch the second half of yesterday's World Cup quarter final between England and Australia though (poor Amy and Audrey had to stay at home).
It was a scrappy game and both teams seemed pretty poor, England emerged victorious (again) basically through Jonny kicking a load of penalties (again). This time though he wasn't as infallible as 4 years ago and missed a few. England wore nasty socks and Australia were rubbish in the scrum.
I was of course chuffed that England won, but perhaps not as much as a lot of the others in the bar, and certainly not as much as Channel 4 news, who said England had beaten their "Arch Enemies". It seemed a bit strong (or comical?) to me - "Rivals", ok, but Gregan and Co, aren't exactly the Red Barron, or Dick Dastardly.
Oh well, at least it's all set up for a semi final against France - our 'arch enemies' and then maybe a final against Scotland or Argentina, both obviously our 'arch enemies'. Perhaps it's just that nobody likes the English and the English like nobody?
In the evening we went to Emma and Jon's leaving party at their apartment. Audrey had been a bit out of sorts in the morning, so we didn't stay for long. Audrey shared the limelight this time as there was another baby (Seb) also in attendance - Jon said that the party got extra 'cred' by having lots of babies in attendance ;)
Audrey didn't care who won the rugby
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Hi Amy, Trevor and Audrey!
Mum (Pene) gave us your blog address - Audrey is such a cutie! We're slowly getting used to being parents, and the lack of sleep that entails...!
Look forward to seeing you in December!
Alex, David and Oliver
I'm a bit worried that everyone is going to think that we do nothing else but have leaving parties! Love the smiling film - it's gorgeous! I've just read Possum Magic - great stuff, but what is a "lamington"? Looks like I need to buy the Rough Guide Australian phrase book available in the American bookstore after all!
Emma
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