Thursday

Can't believe I haven't blogged for 10 days. So what's been happening? J had a cold, I have a cold. Mine's been one of those where you sneeze and sneeze and sneeze.It stopped raining and today has been positively summery. J went on a school trip to the Olympic Stadium. Yesterday J went on a trip to see one of his GCSE plays. Got home 11.45 pm as in I went and picked him up. We're both tired. I'm especially tired as I couldn't get to sleep then when I did I had a terrible, terrible nightmare and woke up screaming.
P grabbed hold of me and said: 'It's alright, it's alright.'
'Something's biting me!'
'No it isn't,' he said and went back to sleep.
But it was. A huge thing had my head in its jaws and was biting me and I could feel its teeth.

Despite feeling dopey this morning I went into town after dropping off J. Normally going to town is a rush which involves some combination of collecting J and meeting P and rushing round crowded shops but this morning it was nice and relaxed. Shopmobility car park was almost empty. Shops almost empty. Had a nice wander round. Bought some school shirts for J (now in maximum children's size), pyjamas for J and swimming trunks for J. Got some christening cards for Becky's grandchildren. Got some tomato plants for P. Then I bought a Union Jack flag and some red, white and blue balloons with which to decorate my scooter for the Jubilee.


There are lots of baby birds around at the moment, especially starlings. P put up a nesting box and there are blue tits nesting in it. There is also a jay that keeps being a bit too interested in it.


J's piano lesson went well this week. He's been given lots of work to do. (The words on the music are in Russian).
'If you want to practise for 2 hours a day that's fine,' said Natasha. J's face was a picture.