Why does everyone look so relaxed?

DEAR SPOOK, it seemed like such good advice to just put the homework on a gizmo thingy and it would all be resolved. Mairi said she would do it no bother and Dorothy said we could borrow her stick as long as we were very, very, very careful not to lose her information on it as it was very, very, very important. Mairi is great with computers. she got the homework onto the stick but it still wouldn't print. So she got it on to her own stick which she found in her bag. But it still wouldn't print. They thought it might be because Finn and I had used Microsoft Works, so Dorothy tried to get that on the work computer, but something went a wee bitty wrong and it still wouldn't print...........and now Dorothy can't find anything on her stick. Not so good afterall. Dorothy is still speaking to me, even though I brought my domestic issues into the workplace and blew away all her domestic issues from her gizmo.

I took the computer to Redcat and asked if she could save Finn from getting the belt tomorrow. As she footered about with sticks, Microsoft Works issues, colleagues, I was nervously watching the clock as a sign said that it was £15 per 15 minutes. Christine Dykes husband came in and told me all about his computer problems, which he had plenty of time to do while the homework was being extracted from the laptop. I was thinking that we didn't really need a decent meal this week as the shopping money was being spent on two sheets of a very small school project, when she presented me with two copies of said homework, and no fee. Phew.

Finn went to rugby tonight in a state of semi-nakedness and no dinner (not my fault). He came home semi-hypothermic and very hungry. He was in a state of shock, cowering under the shower, and it was the first time he has been less than enthusiastic about the rugby.

It is good to see Corrine and Robert looking so well and funny to see them with you, when I only saw them here a couple of weeks ago.

Note that the cupboard is a good place to keep 12 year old boys. I have quite a stash of them.

xxx