Last day of house sorting – am now on first names terms with the woman in the Oxfam shop and the man at the tip! Today I did kitchen stuff – bowls and baking trays mainly - cleaned out the cupboards and then bought a new set of four plates and bowls for us - dark blue and a good size for Jimmy’s nocturnal diet of crunchy nut cornflakes!

Tomorrow Jimmy and I will both start working – he has effectively missed a whole module of his ASs – I think he is only now beginning to properly wake up – he was in a very deep shock. He has now got to come to terms with studying at VIth Form and he’s the only one who can to make the decision to apply himself - but he’s a bright boy and well supported – so I’m sure he will – he is worried though.

Hope the weather is better tomorrow – going IPWD is bad enough at the crack of dawn without it hailing - the dog has taken to coughing pathetically when it rains!