Sarah, you are such an encouragement to me and I am so glad to see you posting - I have missed seeing you. I can't understand at all how you find me "inspiring" - my own perception of myself is so different. Thank you for giving me an alternative possible view of myself (even if I don't "get" it!)

Today should be a bit easier. Elder daughter is at an orchestra course this week, but H is taking her there this morning while I go to the gym. He's also taking younger daughter and then they are going into town to meet with H's friends. As a sideline, I find it frustrating that he has spent a long time saying how much work he has to do before term starts but no time actually doing it or deciding when to do it. However, maybe I am feeling a bit virtuous - the one good point about getting up at 3.30am today was that I actually managed to do quite a bit of preparation. My reward, I have promised myself, is that I will do some patchwork today.

Thank you Sarah

C