Thursday, June 20, 2002

For some reason, this song keeps going through my head. 6:20:34 PM

Our schedule for tomorrow: 7am Get up, get Charlie up and give him his breakfast. 7.25am Lock Charlie in the sitting-room with lots of books and toys, turn on television 7.30am England v Brazil 9.20am Celebrate England's magnificent 3-2 victory over Brazil, get dressed, get Charlie dressed 10am Take Charlie to park, let him run himself ragged so as to ensure a good nap after lunch 11.45am Give Charlie his lunch 12.15pm Get Charlie upstairs and into bed for a nice, long nap 12.25pm Race downstairs, turn on television 12.30pm USA v Germany 2.30pm Celebrate USA's historic 2-1 golden goal victory over the Germans, get Charlie up from nap 3pm ... Dance in street 10:36:27 AM

Newsweek blows whatever credibility it had with this week's cover story on the World Cup. Probably the most exciting World Cup in a generation is a flop? And to make matters worse, Newsweek's article failed to mention that the USA had advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time ever! Well done, Newsweek. I'm just going to give up trying to explain to people here why America just doesn't get it. 10:27:05 AM

After a solid month of rain and cloudy skies, the sun reappeared last weekend and Charlie got the chance to get his "trunks" on and hit the paddling pool. Here he is with his Mum and "Nan". 10:15:28 AM