Brooke just called me!

Her new life sounds like a vacation ;>

Seriously, it was so good to hear her voice, and hear what she's been up to. She and David went and saw As You Like It, and she said it was fabulous. (Mari and Kelly went and saw Romeo and Juliet recently, too. I guess Sean and I need to find some Shakespeare somewhere next...though with my luck it'll be Henry V or another one of the historical war stories!)

Brooke says she and David have hiking boots and walking sticks (actually she used another term that I promptly forgot) and that they're going walking tomorrow. I'm looking forward to seeing any pictures she might happen to take, since I have been assured that Sheffield does in fact have rolling hills. I think the closest I've seen to the Great Britain rolling hills in picturebooks have been out in rural Kentucky, like Cynthiana or Nonesuch. But I know they're not quite the same.

Sean and I should go to visit them sometime this year, but until I have my Big Decision made I won't be able to figure out when that'll be. We also still need to replace our passports, which were destroyed in the fire. I think probably we ought to go ahead and open our own safety deposit box at the bank for important papers. Sean's parents have one, but it's kinda full.

Anyway, it was so good to hear from Brooke, and I'm so glad she's adjusting to her new life. There are of course some cultural things that she might not get used to for awhile, but instead of letting it scare her into hiding at home, she's running out and embracing her new world. That's just like her :)

I should mention that David is obviously being great, taking her around and showing her stuff and thinking about her. But he'd be in trouble with me if he wasn't ;)