The start of August saw me doing a bunch of driving, mostly. I drove Anastasia and Lea about to their exams and other stuff, then drove down to Tampa with Anastasia. Anastasia has a SunPass now, that certain makes a big difference in the time it takes to go through the toll plazas.

Anyway, first thing down in Tampa was actually a trip out to the beach. We took Anastasia’s grandmother to a hotel on the beach where we stayed for a couple of nights. The reason that we were going there was to spend time with (and meet, in my case) the Yeaworth family. Apologies to them if I spelled that wrong. Anyway, they were a lovely bunch of people – Jonathan, Judy, Sean and Katie. Katie in particular was very entertaining, and also looks a lot like Maggie Gyllenhaal. The general beach-ing was joined by Anastasia’s mother, great aunt and a few cousins and everyone had a good time (and a few drinks). I needed to take some time out on the Friday to do some invoicing, but apart from that it was a very relaxing time.

While I was in town I also had dinner with Jen, which was great seeing her again. Even though I’m in Florida, I don’t get to see her as often as I would like. Anastasia and I had meals with her great-grandmother a couple of times and also spent some time with her cousin Ryan, who’s always good fun. We went and saw Harry Potter in IMAX 3D with Jules and Ryan, which was awesome. Anastasia and I also moved a bunch of furniture around, moved cars around and generally helped out where we could.

After that we drove back to Gainesville, where I got some more work done. Anastasia finished reading her copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, then we had dinner and chilled for a bit. After that I did some more work and then we went to bed. All in all it was an interesting trip, but certainly what seems to have become and almost routine one.