We've ducked out of Our Town for two days, making a quick dash to the Netherlands - yesterday we switched between The Hague and Delft (with Mr Sweetie also adding Rotterdam to his itinerary, in order to pick up some comics he'd bought via eBay), contending with a huge marathon; the hundreds of runners threw the tram schedules into a serious disarray.

I did get some studying done (and a take-home test, which resurfaced among my papers when I started to survey what I had to do as preparation for next week) but there was a lot of "Ooh, look, that has changed..." I do remind myself that it's been 12 years since we lived in this area and, yes, things do change. But still, attachments to the way things were remain strong.

The reason for traveling, as nearly always, was to get to an Anúna concert. Happy, happy us - while the venue was slightly 'meh', we found the performance itself most enjoyable. Hooray!

Today, we're using the morning to relax, and I've got my eye on a near-by beadshop with Sunday opening hours. (I hope they open as promised on time at noon; we don't have much time to spare if we're to get to the afternoon performance in Breda.)

A big happy thought also for the local friend who is feeding our cats. I haven't found anything quite appropriate for a thank-you gift, though. Maybe because my mind is too stuck on the item my cat-carer said she'd love to have but was not likely to buy for herself. I have to figure out if I wouldn't embarrass her too much by getting it for her. (The detail in this: she's admired a handbag from Hedgren, but has gone "ouch" at the price, which is in a not-outrageous range for me, particularly considering the complete usefulness and high-quality/durability of the materials and finish... so, I'm seriously tempted to just buy one for her, as well.)

Got rather less school work done than I'd hoped, but more than nothing. I'm too tired from the journey - and another concert! this time in Breda - to really do much more than sit in a corner jibbering, or the modern equivalent of mindlessly surfing on the internet, until a somewhat earlier-than-usual bedtime.

It was a good trip, though.