garden party

other claire came to visit on sunday and we went to the annual oxford garden party that is hosted by the founder of the summer program where we work.  think: hats encouraged for ladies, little tea sandwiches, lots of wine.  in addition, we had gorgeous weather - 75-ish degrees, sunny.  perfection!

i had all these plans to show other claire around oxford - st. mary's church, the sheldonian, the ratcliffe camera, the covered market - and in fact we only had time to (a) eat, (b) drink, (c) garden party, and (d) sleep.  oops.  it was so fun to show her the college, though, and to introduce her to my friends here.  they loved her (of course).

at the garden party we took a picture of my whole office!  these are the people i work with on a daily basis - and socialize with on a daily basis.  love them!  as i've said before, we have a great office this year.

i'll continue to say how shocking it is that the program ends on saturday and i'll be sleeping in my bed in atlanta next tuesday night.  wow.  i will absolutely miss this place and these people...but i'm also ready to get home and back to my 11-months-a-year life.

the high tomorrow is supposed to be 28 degrees celsius (82 degrees fahrenheit).  um, this will be warmest temperature i've experienced since june 21st, when i left atlanta.  hooray for this warm weather...but i'm NOT looking forward to atlanta's heat when i return...