The rain falls hard...

It is absolutely pouring with rain today, which is great for farmers but I'm just finding it miserable. I'm really aching for sunshine. I feel that it will just make me feel a whole lot better.

Today, I am home alone! Just finished listening to You Are the Quarry, an album I rarely listen to, but for some reason it was at the forefront of my mind today. So I put it on as I did the dishes (yes, time to myself & I spend it doing housework) & found myself getting a little teary during Comeback To Camden. Anyway...

This afternoon I have art class - we are doing texture collages. The students have been so fantastic & have progressed since when we first started. It has been great to see them become more confident within the group and also become more focused on their work. The 45 mintues fly by.

Our friends got back from Norway on Saturday. I wasn't expecting them as I thought they returned on Sunday - however a phonecall in the morning & a meeting in the park was arranged. Seeing the children playing again was lovely. But I feel that they are growing up & I'm feeling uncertain in my mothering skills. My daughter is 6 and seems kind of in-between stages at the moment. Some of her classmates/friends are getting more into things like High School Musical, Hannah Montana, ipods, boys, kissing....I kind of want her to stay away from that. But I know that she might be labelled a 'baby'. Guess not to worry about it overly. But it is interesting watching children go from pre-school to 6/7/8 years old.

Still looking for work...kind of because I feel that I have to. I don't like feeling unproductive & at times the 'stay at home mum' thing does feel like that.

Am off to the local library now - without children! Might actaully be able to spend time picking out a book for myself! I just finished reading Kingsley Amis' 'Lucky Jim' and that book about Moz 'Scandal & Passion' (I think).