I had a rotten nights sleep, then got the children ready for the school run, only to turn the ignition and find no response. Oh, what a pain! And I thought my run with misbehaving machinery was over. So we called out the RAA, my daughter was moping around the house, muttering to herself about how much she loves school and she really wants to go. It was my sons naptime, so I got him down to sleep. The car had a flat battery, so it was charged and she got off to school fine.

I was supposed to put it on a battery charger for 4 hours, but I haven't done it yet. So I'm really hoping that the car will start come 3:00, when its time to pick her up. Fingers crossed! The thing is, I don't even know how the battery got flat.

My research work has been keeping me up with worry at night. It feels like a huge mountain that I am never going to get to the top of. We had a special guest expert come in and give us a pep talk, its not about brains but persistance...work is a four letter word.

What is bugging me at the moment with it, is that you always have to defer and point out what the previous experts in the field have said. I know why we have to, but sometimes I feel like writing just what I think....its like 'Kill the father' - always conscious of what came before and feeling like chucking some of it out the window.

But it is the time to get serious now that I have had my mini-breakdown/tantrum about it all. I have deadlines and an exhibition catalogue to write and funding submissions to do.

On the brightside there are a couple of upcoming tours that I am excited about, The Long Blondes are coming in August and Tori Amos in Sept. Just have to raise enough $ to see them.

Having a pub session on Sunday with friends and children. Can't wait to have a nice drink in a beer garder - or near the fireplace if its raining - my friend has spit with her partner (but she doesn't want to talk about it), so I'm looking forward to cheering her up in any way I can.