The Dude Abides

The last couple of days have been packed, hence the lack of a blog. On Thursday I managed to lock myself out of the house again. It is really easy to do. I had left my house keys in the car (and my phone), locked the garage on the snib and was stuck. It was already getting dark and there were swarms of midges everywhere. Arrgh!

Em had to quickly pack for her Rio trip on Thursday night before we were going out to meet up with an old colleague from Kerr-McGee days in Aberdeen whose husband is on a work visit at the moment. We were to meet them in a bar inside the Galleria (a big mall), but it took Em and I about 15mins to find it as we don't go to the Galleria often cause it is just so big. Jane and Kev live in Kuala Lumpur and while he has been in Houston, she took the chance to visit the UK, then come across to Houston and then they are both off to the Caymans before going back to KL. Jane will have pretty much done a round trip of the globe by the time she is finished.

Last night I took Em to the airport. Good job we left plenty of time as the traffic was really heavy and it took us about half an hour longer than usual. After dropping off Em I headed off to an outside 'Big Lebowski' event downtown with Andy and one of his colleagues from Aberdeen. The 'Big Lebowski' is a cult film by the Cohen brothers starring Jeff Bridges who plays 'The Dude'. When we got to Discovery Green it was already dark, a band was playing and there were lots of people who had made the effort of dressing up as characters from the film. At 10pm after the judging had finished of the best costumes, an inflatable movie screen was put up in front of the stage and the movie started. It was a great atmosphere and felt like a big party instead of just watching a movie. I think it is an annual event so next year I might get dressed up.

Got a text from Em this morning that she has arrived safely and now at her hotel. Em will be keeping everyone posted from Rio soon.