Daylight Savings Time
Topic: Harrogate
Apparently daylight savings time starts this Sunday here. So for a week, we will be 9 hours ahead of Pacific time, rather than the usual 8. Also, they celebrate Mother's Day this Sunday here. I have no idea why. (I'm sure if I surfed a bit, I could find something about it online.)
It's kind of scary, but I am now used to the expression, "Are you alright?" used instead of when we in the States would say, "How are you?" The first time someone said, "Are you alright?" as a casual greeting, my response was to think, "Why wouldn't I be???" Then I realized it's the Brit equivalent for our, "How are you?" In some ways, it makes more sense. I mean, I really, really hate it when people ask, "How are you?" but don't really want to know. (One of the things I like about German culture is that you definitely don't ask someone how they are unless you really want to know.) If someone here asks, "Are you alright?" then you can just answer, "Yes, thanks!" It's a simpler and more sincere casual greeting/question and answer setup, in my opinion.
Today it was rainy ALL day. :( Oh well. It IS England, after all. I am hoping that there will be some nice days and that Ryan and I stay healthy in the next week or so before Larry comes home and I lose possession of the car. (Don't you just a love a good run-on sentence once in a while?)
I am going to start watching, "Prisoner of Azkaban." Goodnight and happy Friday!