3.27.05

today is easter. i spent all day forgetting this fact; instead, i woke up early, walked through the meadows in the rain, and took the airport bus out through murrayfield and corstorphine to get dad. i waited for a half hour or so, pretending to read eliade and watching the people. i saw him come out of the gate by a royal mail drop box and look stressfully at the listings for baggage pick up. i literally couldn't stop myself from running up to him despite attempts at dignity. happiest thing in a damn long time.

i walked my jet lagged dad home from waverly station, taking him up hills, past parades, bagpipers, and the cafe where harry potter was written. it drizzled all the way.

back here, we dropped stuff and said hi to kelly, my only remaining flatmate. in the intervening hours between then and now, she has gone to paris for a week and half. the flat feels different, and, for the first time, it feels like mine.

not too surprising, really.

i walked him around some more, going to tesco and buying smoked salmon and orange juice. standing in line behind a smelly woman with a significant cloud of body odor. the woman said, in a nearly unintelligible accent, 'phew, something stinks around here; you'd think it was me!' indeed.

we ate early, hodge-podge dinner and have been flopping around the flat since, looking at albinoblacksheep on sophie's computer and waiting for it to be late enough for him to justify taking a shower and going to bed.

now that a piece of my real life has come here, i finally feel like i'm living. here.

he brought me a little bag of easter candy. and back rubs. glory. i am soaking this up while it's here.

i'm wondering what it will feel like after he leaves. in the meantime, things are looking up.