carpetbiter1 decided that we needed pets so brought some home from school. in her hair. i spent a happy hour fine combing her head in search of our new house guests. luckily we seem to have caught them early

had a late lunch in the sun with a visitor and wondered why a full day seemed to involve so much work. lots of phone calls and slightly fed up with the sound of my own voice having the same conversation with different people.

swam away the irritation and watched the group of overseas students from china who stand about cheerfully in the shallow end, laughing and chatting, making the occasional foray a third of the way down the pool. i admire their tolerance of the cold water and enthusiasm for learning to swim. maybe swimming isn't a very chinese thing.