But slack, I’m warming up for a big “what happened?” post and of course I have photos, but for now:

1. Italy was really nice, thanks Louisa and Alberto!
2. Being back is OK, could easily be much worse.
3. Louise was violently sick for hours on Monday, we had to go to A&E. She’s OK now though. Weirdness.
4. I’ve just closed Gibson’s Pattern Recognition. I liked it. Not as much as previous books maybe, but I’m reserving judgement until when I’m less tired. Certainly it was a page-turner and I’ll always have time for his sense of cool. I want to go to Moscow!