The kids get quite a lot of homework over the holidays, and it is prograpmmed by the specific day, to help them pace themselves.

D was away with H for five whole days, and although she took up her heavy school bag crammed with books, she managed to complete just one page of homework.

She had one shower (came home smelly), changed her underwear once, had to brush her own hair, hence it was horrible and full of knots...

I am a little tired of pretending that all of this is A-OK.

Oh, and the 'mad' landlord gave D a nice box of chocolates as a present.

I see something else looming on the horizon. No doubt I will be told not to assume, not to borrow trouble, or waste time on thinking about H, but here it is.

There is a woman, about twelve years younger than H, who is apparently living somewhat near H in the hills. (She either moved there a few months ago or H only just found out that she was there.) We knew this girl briefly about ten years ago or more, as the girlfriend of a guy who was friends with us then. Now, she lives with her (different) boyfriend and has a two year old kid with him. She is an attractive girl.

From some of the things H has said, it wouldn't surprise me if he gets involved with her too.

I am going to dub her w3 for now. It seems she told H, "Oh no, all my boyfriends have been Acquarians!" when she heard that H was an Acquarian. H added, not that I am her boyfriend or anything. Strange?

Then, some weeks ago, she drove to another (common) friend's place for lunch, taking H with her, as the 'boyfriend' had to work down in the city.

H always sounds dismissive about the boyfriend when he talks about him - "he thinks he is living an alternative lifestyle" and such like. BF is in a similar line of work to me and H, but his work is dismissed.

D and H spent a lot of time at her house these last five days, I don't know if the BF 'had to work' a lot or what and how much he was there.

H seems to be at a stage when moving into anyone else's life, marriage or relationship seems to be A-OK by him.

I hope I am wrong about this, but I have vibes about H and so far they have rarely been wrong.

I just hope he stops wreaking damage left, right and centre. I also fear that H is going to get beaten up one of these days from a guy who won't stand by and see his partner involved with another guy....

Livnlearn

"The unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates