In which I finally spend the £50 note my lovely sister gave me for my birthday last September. I spend the day watching my son reading Aesop's Fables & Black Beauty on it whilst I don't get a look in.

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In which I have to say a trip to Tesco Ra was not what I envisaged on a Friday night

In which I have spent the day wearing these but have been told by the weatherman that it might snow next week

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In which I present my son's entry into the school Easter egg scene competition 2012. This year's theme was on the Olympics and he has created an ancient Olympic scene featuring a charioteer, discus thrower and Hoplite warrior. It was actually designed and made by him not a strategic Dad like many entries.

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In which it doesn't feel like March at all

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In which 10 minutes running and amazingly generous friends and familymake a real difference

In which I wonder why Ely cathedral is so lopsided

In which I have had a lovely day in Cambridge

In which my sat nav suffers an existential crisis and refuses to nav via sat. At all.

In which I have a panic about work and only just remember to do my picture before I turn into Cinderella. It is not tomorrow here, although it is in Perth and Tokyo. Hello tomorrow..

In which a student understands the true nature of first drafts

In which my son runs a Guess the Number of Sweets in the Jar stall

In which payday is a week off so dinner is Freezer Surprise

In which homemade is always best

In which an Olympics themed Easter egg project is created culminatingin a bedroom being thoroughly trashed

In which I enliven a busy day by wearing mad turquoise tights

In which I've had a very long day and it's time for bed

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In which a plague of Primary locusts descend on the healthy and nutritious repast I couldn't be arsed to prepare

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In which I hope the OU PGCE course covers basic English, particularlyregarding the correct spelling of qualification.

In which this rubbish is both actual and metaphorical

In which it is the first really sunny day of the year and I sit out inmy ugly concrete yard to annotate coursework proving that sunshine canmake any task or location far more amenable

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In which last Friday and Saturday were amazing and this Friday andSaturday not so much

In which a raffle prize is rather wasted on me

In which I feel a sense of unease regarding the spectating opportunity afforded by my local leisure centre

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In which I go to a Primary school and hear astounding things about my prodigious progeny

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In which sometimes the only answer is to just sleep

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In which I know why I'm smiling

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In which I go to the British museum and fill with tears in front of the Rosetta Stone

In which Her Life Story has always loved and will always love My Life Story

In which I am not in New York

In which I find myself Miss Havisham.

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