Meliana

^Hope you had a good time!

Thanks Chris, and yes I'm the same, I get really nervous about things sometimes.

Chris

Rita - What were the highlights of your vacation?

wickedrum

watching the Formula 1 GP right from the fence at Parabolica and running down it at the end to see the podium

Italy is all fine and all, but nothing compares to reliving an obsession of my youth

Chris

Really? Interesting. It's wonderful that you were able to relive a childhood dream.

wickedrum

Yeah, I was really into F1 when I was in my teens/twenties.

Chris

I used to go to car races as a child, mainly to watch my uncle race.

How's your week going?

Chris

I used to go to car races as a child, mainly to watch my uncle race.

How's your week going?

wickedrum

I hate my workweek so let's not talk about that.

What did your uncle race in?

Chris

He started out in dragsters, then got into funny cars. I'm surprised that's still up since he's been gone several years now.

wickedrum

sounds fun!

Chris

It was a family outing. And he lived close to us, so if I could find an excuse to go over, there were generally some cute guys from the neighbourhood hanging out

Any plans for the weekend?

wickedrum

Even more fun!

My daughter's friend is staying over so it will be kind of chaos

Meliana

Did more box-moving for my brother yesterday, and now I'm lying in bed with a head-cold. It seems unlikely the two things are linked, though.

wickedrum

well, straining yourself makes you more susceptible to infection

Chris

that does seem to be true.

I hope you manage to fight it off Claire.

Looks like it will be another nice sunny day here, so I hope to get out for a walk later.