little things, of course

first thing i thought when i got back to london: must just call dad to let him know i'm home safe

no need now

and even so, i caught myself thinking it three or four times from the time i came through the door to about halfway through the excellent (best-selling!) haggis piratemoggy had waiting for me: amd this despite the intense strangeness of leaving the house in shropshire wth no one in it, for the first time in many many years