Work Returns

I'm back to work and back to London on Monday. I'm hoping to spend a bit more time at this one; at least enough to make back the money I've lost over my time away. I've spent the last few days feeling rather like I did in 2005, when I had to leave England and go back to Florida because I couldn't get a job. Only this time I'm staying in England, because I do have a job. So it's an odd sensation, but the bottom line is: I like spending lots of time off. So going forward, do I make hay while the sun shines and have a cushty retirement, or work less now, while enjoying life in my younger/middle years.

It's one of those situations where, whichever one I pick, it'll probably wind up being the wrong choice.

Visitors

If I can't make it to the family in Holland, the family comes to me, haha! The family came over and stay for the weekend in an Airbnb here in Lymington. I feel terrible for not being able to get to Middelburg as often as I used to, so it was great to see everyone again. We did a whistlestop tour of the old camping grounds, and due to a detour, and I even saw parts of the New Forest I'd never seen before!

Old World Class

Jen and I spent the night at Cliveden House earlier this week. This is where Meghan Markle stayed the night before her wedding to Prince Harry. And oh man does it deliver on all fronts. I haven't experienced service like that since the last time I was on the ships. Everyone from the bellhops to the hotel manager were exceptional. The room was amazing, the food was perfect, and to top it all off, we had spa treatments as well. We even sat in an outside jacuzzi where the Profumo affair took place! This was probably as close to Buckingham Palace as I'll ever get.