One advantage of having the house to yourself is the chance to watch all those movies you've wanted to watch, but didn't really think you should inflict on others - because they'd whinge loudly if you did. Last night I watched 'Underworld', and today I watched 'Underworld: Evolution'. I'd seen the first before, but oddly had never managed to watch the sequel. It wasn't bad. It was quite interesting to see them fill in the blanks a little.
The parents are well. I received a text from them at some awful hour this morning (what is the time difference between here and Barcelona anyway?) saying that they had arrived safely, it was lovely and sunny, and they were off to do tourist-type stuff.
And on a more writing-based note, this may bear more research. It could be useful for more sci-fi based things:
The Promise of Plasmonics.