A Bit Flat

At Easter, we had a low-key family holiday in Cornwall.     I may have mentioned it.

We set off to return from Penzance on Easter Monday.  Stopped off in Truro for a pasty with my parents; dropped Pascoe off at Exeter airport and Perran at Bristol Uni.

Carenza, although she did come home with us, departed in the wee small hours of Tuesday morning on a flight  for Eastern Europe.

So from a full table on Monday lunchtime, less than twenty-four hours later, we were empty nesters once more.  Melancholy threatened.

I said as much to Carole:

“It seems ungrateful after having the privilege of a great holiday, but it’s hard not to feel a bit flat now.”

“Ah, but that’s a good thing because it means you get on well with your family.  Apparently the peak time for divorce lawyers is at the end of the holidays, at Christmas and in the Summer, when people have realised they can’t tolerate each other’s company any longer.”

Thanks for putting it in perspective, Carole –

When our holiday finished, it could have been much worse than feeling a bit flat – instead, I could have been feeling relieved.