You know you’ve watched too many films when….

Your husband goes away for work and all that runs through your head is someone attempting to break in and how you’d react to it!

Clearly I have an overactive imagination. I’m happy to report I’ve just woken up after the first night of him being away and all is fine. I didn’t have to use my torch to knock a robber unconscious to protect my family. 

Both kids have slept well, which is an added bonus as one hasn’t been very well. Also, usually, when one of us goes away, one of the kids ends up in our bed, which I don’t mind, it’s cute that they want to keep us company. I did walk into our bedroom last night after sorting stuff out, to find one of their teddies waiting on the bed.

I savour the morning time when I get up, as usually I get a good 45 mins where everyone else in the house is sleeping, I listen to how calm and quiet it all is before the chaos erupts with the repeated remarks of ‘come on guys, let’s get moving’ and the ‘go get yourselves ready for school’, which start off calm and gentle and usually end up with the whispered mutterings of ‘oh for fuck sakes’ escaping just enough to vent the frustration, but not for the kids to hear.

I wonder what delights today will have in store? My daughter is off school again, still not recovered from being unwell, so extreme closeups of her face, I’m sure, will be sent to me. I’m hoping me and my team will laugh as much today as we did yesterday. And at the end of the day, I’m hoping the bedtime routine runs smoothly, putting everyone in a good mood for bed.

I’m also hoping today that I find out if the bleach took well to the hair sample the hairdresser took. She hadn’t gotten around to it before yesterday morning.

I’m starting the day with positive