A jet set week

This week has seen us living quite seperate lives for a change as we've both had lots of our own things to do.

Sunday was a nice, relaxed day together as there was no alarm to drag us out of bed. Although having said that, Annalie forced herself up at 9am (bliss!) to watch the Chelsea vs Man Utd game (thanks to the time difference).

We then popped out to Manchester to pick up a few bits and bumped into our friend Mhairi who had just got back from holiday. We have rented the ski house for the winter with Mhairi so we have to catch up with her on what shares have been sold for that.

Later that evening, Ian wanted to watch the final game at Yankee Stadium on TV as it promised to be a huge finale. There was a lot of reminiscing and paying homage to players past and present, it was a bit of a ceremony. Once the game got under way, it was hard to see if the Orioles were going to seriously contend the final game and hand the Yankees victory. The Yankees did win in the end and everyone said goodbye to the historic venue.

On Monday, Annalie took a trip to New York with work this time. One of IAE's largest customers, JetBlue, opened a shiny new terminal at JFK so she got invited to the ribbon cutting ceremony there. A few freebies were to be had and the Radio City Rockettes performed, so it was an interesting day. She didn't stick around for the performance by Estelle, instead wanting to hit the road to get home at a reasonable hour. She made sure she got a goodie bag before she left though, which included the most useful item - a Dunkin' Donuts gift card although we haven't checked how much is loaded on it yet! It was still about 8pm before she reached Glastonbury, so she met Ian at one of our favourite local restaurants for some tea.

Tuesday was a celebratory day for IAE as it delivered the firts of a new engine to Indian airline IndiGo. So Annalie and her team organised an employee celebration at the one and only curry house in Glastonbury It was quite a poor turnout though, worse than we expected, but we reckon that's because we didn't advertise the fact that there was free booze Ian had drill night at the fire house so he went off playing with hoses for the night

Although Ian professes he has nothing to do right now, he seems to get invited to various weekday events through Annalie's work. On Wednesday he managed to get invited to a very exclusive golf course called Fishers Island for a corporate tournament. The course is on an island in the Long Island Sound so it was a ferry from New London for him.

He had an amazing day, even though his golf wasn't on top form. The course itself is the kind that some people can only dream of playing. It's a Links style, so surrounded by water (obviously being an island!) and quite windy, making it very tricky to play in places. Ian lost about 6 balls throughout the day, which isn't too bad, considering. This time it was Ian's turn to come back loaded with freebies, including an extra golf top for Annalie and a bunch of free tickets to the local art museum in Hartford, the Wadsworth Atheneum.

Thursday saw Annalie head down to DC for the day. She was invited to an aviation networking lunch and also took the opportunity for her first visit to the Rolls-Royce office down there. For the first time she met one of the Rolls-Royce communications team that she's "known" virtually for the last three and a half years, but never had the opportunity to meet, so that was nice. The lunch was also a good opportunity to catch up with some people that she works with and journalists she deals with on a regular basis. It was an awfully long day though - up at 3.30am for a 6am flight, not getting back home until about 7.45pm

Friday was a nice opportunity to have a night in together, so we vegged and cleared some of the recorded programmes on the DVR - which was sorely needed. And we also watched Die Hard 4 on TV.

On Saturday Ian had an airport pick-up booked from Boston, so after lunch, he headed off that way. It was quite surprising he didn't bump into our friends Dan and Fi as they arrived to embark on their new life here (welcome to America!!) but Ian's pick-up was through before them. When he got back, we headed down to the fire house as they had arranged a social "picnic" for everyone, and Annalie got her first opportunity to meet the other lunatics that all volunteer for the fire department. They seem like a fun bunch, so Annalie can see why Ian has taken to them so well.

Tomorrow Annalie is heading off on her first ever trip to India. She has a work event in Delhi, so is hoping that the bombings have stopped She's excited because it's her first trip to the country but she is a little worried about her health ass everyone keeps warning her about the food. Maybe it will be a good weight loss opportunity