vin came to visit me in oxford!

she brought two of her london friends and we went punting.  talia had punted before, so she was in charge.  yay!  thanks, talia!

it rained a bit, but nothing too crazy.  there was lots of laughing - such a fun day!

we ended the night at an italian place in town, where michelle kwan was sitting two tables away!  liz, my coworker here, is a former ice skater and was gutsy enough to go up to her, so i came along for moral support / to talk to michelle kwan obviously!!!  turns out that michelle is a torchbearer for the olympics, chosen by one of the olympics sponsors, coca-cola.  she was SO NICE, asking us if why we were in oxford and seeming genuinely interested that we are teachers.  while liz chatted with michelle and michelle's boyfriend, i chatted with the two coca-cola employees who were schmoozing her at dinner - they live in atlanta.  exact transcript of part of the conversation:
michelle: where do you guys live?
liz: new york city
me: atlanta
coca-cola lady #1: us too!  where in atlanta do you live?
me: vinings! [i move over to chat with coca-cola ladies while liz and michelle become friends.]
c-c lady #2: me too!
me: well, actually i live in smyrna. [smyrna is a suburb, while vinings is a part of the city of atlanta...vinings is the cool place to live, and everyone in smyrna says they live in vinings.]
c-c lady #2: ME TOO!
[we then realize that we live literally 2 miles apart from one another.]
c-c lady #1: where do you teach?
me: [name of school]
c-c lady #2: my two children go there!

it was a SMALL WORLD MOMENT, PEOPLE.

c-c lady #1 insisted that we take a photo with michelle, even though i was like "we don't want to bug her any more than we already are!"  c-c lady also forced "shelly" into the middle.  it was awesome.

good. day.