It's been a pretty busy last couple of weeks.

My parents came to visit in Sheffield before jetting off to Stockholm and France. Then I went up to Scotland last Monday to meet them. We had a couple of days in Edinburgh before renting a car and driving all around the eastern part of Scotland. It was a lot of fun and the weather was surprisingly cooperative for Scotland, with some sunny days and warm weather (though there was a bit of rain too!). The trip was slightly complicated by the fact that my dad broke his arm in Switzerland, and that meant I had to carry his suitcase and the like, but I don't think it had any major effect on our trip besides a morning in the hospital in Edinburgh.

They left yesterday, just in time for an old high school friend, Kristian Finlator, to come visit. I arranged to meet him at the train station, but upon arrival the entire station was pitch black. Apparently the station lost all electricity, so the arrivals board was out too, and they were holding back all trains from entering the station. This meant me waiting for about 30 minutes until they finally allowed some trains in despite the darkness. But the darkness, and the fact that we hadn't seen each other for 12 years, made it difficult to find each other. Eventually we did though and were able to make it to my place.

Today the big excitement was going to the hospital for surgery on my foot. I was quite nervous, but it all went well. They used a local anesthetic so I didn't have to see anything which was a lot better for me. Now I have to stay home for two weeks with my foot propped up, which is a bit boring, and probably means that there will be two weeks of warm sunshine outside! At least the scary part is over and I still have both legs and I'm alive, though I suppose there was little risk of that not being the case.