Weekend with Mom and Dad

Mom and Dad just left, journeying back home on a cloudy day. They left me on a good note, but still I could not, of course, hold back my tears. Tears of love for them and for the fear of being alone again. I know that I'll be just fine, but saying goodbye knowing that you won't be able to see them and hold them for a long time is still very hard.

I'm sitting in my room now, crying and listening to Ja Zuster Nee Zuster: "Duifies, duifies kom maar bij ons, wat een mooie veertjes wat een lekker dons. Duifies, duifies wat zijn ze mak! 17 duifies boven op het dak!" My tears are of joy and love and they just need to flow for the time being ^-^

So, on a more joyful note I will recap the last few days for you now.
On Friday they came, they arrived between 9:30 and 10 am I think. I'd already been up since 7:30, anticipating their arrival and preparing for the days' lectures. When they finally came (the morning seemed to take ages! O.o;) I was super happy and I couldn't wait for them to get out of the car XD

We started by unpacking the car and the amount of stuff that came out was insane! I think I'm the one with the most stuff in Halls on the whole campus O.O We unpacked the whole car and most of the boxes in about 2 hours. Then mom and dad dropped me off at uni, because I had lectures from 12 to 2 and then Labs from 2 to 5:30. I don't mind my schedule that much, but on Friday I just could not get my mind to focus. Luckily the lectures where mostly stuff I had already covered in IB, but my Lab was horrible. I just could not focus on the experiment and during recrystallisation I made a huge mistake, which cost me a huge loss in yield (meaning that I lost a lot of products, because of my mistake). When I was done I couldn't get home fast enough and walked to campus in record time *-*

When I got home we did some more unpacking and started preparing for diner. We made raspberry (frambozen) tiramisu and tika massala for a big diner with most of my friends and my flatmates. During cooking I was a bit careless and cut the top of my thumb off while cutting onions... It was bleeding so much! All this blood, the shock and the frustration of this having to happen today caused me to burst into tears of course.... O.o; (I'm so emotional when my family shows up!) The diner was a success nonetheless though :D The friends that came were:
Iman, from Libanon studying Artificial Intelligence; Verena, from Germany studying something very difficult involving ship science, saying she's going to quit all the time; Peter, from Poland studying first year ship science; Sheena, from Hong Kong (but living in the UK for already 8 years) studying 3rd year psychology; And my flatmates Dionysia studying accounting/finance and Jazine studying politics and spanish. Unfortunately George (from Zimbabwe) couldn't come, because he was ill. But it was a very lovely evening and in the end my baby photos came out causing lots of laughs and awwwww's ^-^ We washed up and left for the B&B.

The next day, after having slept very well in the B&B we got an English breakfast and left to the city center to do some more shopping. We bought a TV, printer, blender/mixer and a long network cable. When we went to look for some Brahs for my sister (which of course were not in stock..) we walked by a clothes shop showing some very nice dresses. Dad said I should try them on, so after some cauxing, I did. I tried on a very cute red dress, which was perfect for christmas, but also for summer. Dad said he wanted me to have it, so he bought it for me ^-^ I will have to search for stockings (panties) but when I find them I'll wear it for him XD (I'll send him a photo of me in the dress).

After shoppping we drove to Lindhurst and walked in a very pretty park and had tea and cake in a cute tea house (I stupidly forgot my camera, so no pictures this time O.o;). Unfortunately I was starting to get a bit ill as the flu was going round and my voice was protesting.... I could only talk in whispers..... very annoying O.o; After our walk and snack we drove back to our B&B where Dad took a nap and me and Mom watched some "Brothers and Sisters" and "Coast". I love watching TV with Mom; Cuddled up against each other, acting like little heaters for each other under the blankets. After having rested a while we went out for diner at the Italian restaurant where we had deserts last time we were in Southampton. The diner was very nice, but the organisation of the kitchen and staff lacked a bit. Afterwards we went back to the B&B, watched some "Little Britain USA" and went to sleep.

Today, this morning, we had another English breakfast, dad payed for the room and we drove back to my room. We did a little more organising and we went to my friends' flat to say goodbye to them, but they didn't open the door, so they were probably still asleep. We walked back, hugged each other in the sun (tears flowing from my eyes of course, because I had to say goodbye again...) and then after saying goodbye a million times when Mom and Dad where already in the car, they drove off. I had no tears, but when I got to my room they flowed readily, realising that I wouldn't see them for a long time and missing them already.

Now in my room, tears still flow, but they are happy tears. Tear of love and in the memory of the last few days. I have some more unpacking to do today and I'm going to try out the new game my sister gave me on my playstation. I'll probably won't come to much studying, but at least I can really settle in now that I have all my stuff with me.

I'm thinking of Mom and Dad, hugging each other in the car and on the boat, missing me already as well ^-^ And I'm thinking of Fudge, his soft fur against my skin and his loud purring vibrating through my belly as he's laying on my lap. These are happy thoughts and memories. I'm holding on to them, loving all the people I left behind and looking forward to chirstmas, when I can get home again.