for weeks i can charge about at high speed, cracking jokes, thinking fast and furious and then it stops and i feel dead beat

today i waved the kids off to school and got back into bed for the first time in a long time.

i was not helped by having spent most of last night witnessing carpetbiter2's efforts to achieve a bowel movement. he was up and down and up and down in a vain attempt to make something happen.

but the sleep made me feel human enough to banter with the dentist and go to a presentation at work.

steered the kids through friday sweetie buying with superhuman patience and delivered them to their dad for their swimming lesson.

made risotto and chatted round the kitchen table with the folks from no10 who are always excellent company

mr skaterg1rl is the master of the dishwasher in our house. i am a part-time amateur. he is able to go down into the kitchen last thing at night and restore order when i can no longer string a sentence together and i love him for that - and for many other more glamorous reasons.