Raining??? In London???

Yes, my dears -- our first rainy day in London Town -- But it don't have me low, nor have me down. After a fine little pasta dinner with Lily and Nanny Linda last night and a good sleep, we are feelin' fine ... and very cozily domestic in Kensington.
.... Lil got home at last, around 5 PM yesterday, standing on the steps as I opened the door, looking all tall and gorgeous and dragging two largish pieces of luggage and a beautiful big purse. Much hugging and exclaiming, and then we girls cuddled on the sofa and nattered while John popped round to the local gym club for an appointment with a physiotherapist to analyze his suddenly very painful knee joint. (That session was a success -- apparently he had twisted his ankle and leg muscles on one of his morning walks recently and that was causing the trouble; the therapist did some work and recommended some healing excercises, and it's much better this morning.)
We made a hot breakfast for Lil and sent her off to the bus for school; Linda has gone out for the day; and we are now the keepers of the castle for the day.
This may sound like a very mundane way to spend our first days in England, but rest assured that it suits me just fine. I am realizing that I've really missed the old days of my domesticity, when I was staying at home, keeping house and making dinners and lunches and listening to plaintive tales in the evening -- as last night, when as bedtime neared for Lil, she suddenly panicked -- Oh, no! I don't have a clean uniform shirt, and we have no washing machine soap! Well, I say thank God for a Nanny! Linda came to the rescue and washed out a shirt by hand; and of course then Lil discovered two clean shirts, hanging on the back of a door in her room .... Memories, memories ....
Anyway, today we shall wander out around the neighborhood during the next break in
the showers; and I have the ingredients in for making the famous butterscotch chip oatmeal cookies, so that's my plan for this Tuesday.
Leenie has left us vouchers to use for a theatre excursion; we'll peruse Time Out and pick out some choices for a play this weekend; and we're researching the 'net for excursion data (Greenwich, Hampton Court,Oxford) for this coming long weekend. Lily will go to Danny for four days, from Friday until Tuesday next (when the honeymooners also return to earth from The Casbah) and we prepare to depart for sunny Italy next Wednesday afternoon.
The amazing Kirit is at our command for evening excursions this weekend, and is planning to guide us to his favorite Indian restaurant in town where, in his words, the naan bread is as big as the tabletop. Can't wait.
Meanwhile, as I cooked dinner last night, it's John's turn today (Lebanese Hash, with ingredients from the little Lebanese deli around the corner from here); and Lily promises to be home early tomorrow and to cook dinner for us -- that WILL be interesting, I'm sure!