Where’s the party?
Well, last night ’twas a very quiet bonfire night round here. Crunchy husband took me out to dinner to celebrate Obama’s victory and my ‘European’ birthday (5/11 - May 11th or November 5th, you decide!) since my real 30th birthday earlier this year was spent more than a bit anxiously in the ER getting my father admitted to the hospital. [Now that he's okay and all surprisingly skinny NHS bills have been footed by their health insurance (if you're American the total cost for 3 weeks in hospital and surgery would make you hysterical), we can all laugh about the birthday pancakes my mom made me. (She was worried. It was a hard time.)]
But, we appeared to be the only ones out and about last night. For Guy Fawkes’ Day, Canterbury was like a ghost town. It was kind of funny though because the last couple times we’ve thought let’s go Cuban, we get there and can’t get a table. So, this time Crunchy husband makes a reservation and the place is empty except for one other couple. How stupid did we look? “Uh, [cough] we have a table reserved. ” Ah well.
The night didn’t liven up on the drive home either. I kept my eyes peeled for signs of fireworks and fires. We saw a few pops of light toward the coast so we headed north. In vain. The only sign of a bonfire we came across on our roundabout travels last night was the usual trail of smoke from the MOD fire rescue training centre, but even that ‘party’ looked to be over and I am not sure we would have been welcome.
However, I think there are supposed to be celebrations this weekend, so as long as the weather doesn’t do what it’s forecast to do, we may get our fireworks yet. Though nothing, I don’t think, could ever compare to the bonfire in Leeds three years ago. That was positively scary. I have never seen a bonfire so big, felt a bonfire so hot. Sounds pretty good right now!
Thursday, 6th November 2008 at 17:06
Ah yes Leeds….never forget Chris discussing vortices in the inferno…physicists tsk : )
…and it was all free!!!! so it was even better