Parents are gone. I breathed with relief on taking them to the airport and sighed sadly the moment I returned to the house. It feels so empty without them. I’ll get used to it soon enough; still, I wish they lived a bit closer.

It’s been raining today--a warm spring rain that made me think of Jethro Tull’s August Rain. So now I’m listening to the Roots to Branches CD and wondering if I should make myself go to my Dutch lesson today or skip the course altogether for this year. Something tells me I should go. Argh. 3,5 hours. And so boring...