I’ve spent the last month in a haze of parental guilt and dealing with family crises. I am trying to juggle work and study with home and family and not doing so well, so this week I had an appointment with a family therapist. She helped with the guilt issues but thought I should make more ‘me time’. Good in theory, difficult in practice.

Especially when S has a new pastime of emptying any bottle of liquid he can lay his hands on. The toxic stuff…cleaning fluids and medicines…are all safely locked away, but over the last weeks he has been emptying shampoo, shower gel and skin care into his bath each night with abandon. Not to mention drinks and sauces over the kitchen floor.

Still, it saves me having to spring clean the bathroom shelf, I guess!