Ok, I am not going to apologise as it is becoming too regular to be acceptable! Needless to say I'll just berate myself for not having updated for so long.

Well I suppose I should start with an update really - so here goes...

The whole giving up smoking thing is soooo hard, everytime I think I'm doing so well I cave. I am using patches and am fine all day but its the cigarette before bed thats getting me every time. So far the longest I have gone without is 9 days and then I light up have that fag, get angry and then wake up determined to start again. Apparently this is quite normal or so Im told by my GP, oh well I will do it through sheer determination!

Everybody here has been ill with this sickness bug thats doing the rounds down here and its nasty believe me...bad enough for adults but when you have a 6 year old who doesnt know if he needs to be sat on the toilet or have his head over a bowl its beyond nasty, its just sick -literally! Its so virulant that every one I know this end of the country has had it and they have even had to close some hospital wards down because of it...so at the risk of sounding anti-social if you have it - STAY AWAY!!

In addition to this daily life continues as ever. I am actively looking for a job as I now have the added support of my family here and I want to be able to talk to adults on a similar intellectual level to myself. I have an interview next week for a job that would be ideal so fingers crossed.

Right the housework beckons, but so does the sofa, a cup of coffee and a chocolate bar hmmmmm........