It was D's last day of school yesterday and now she has very long holidays - 14 weeks! My day was busy with lessons and a couple of visitors who are staying two nights.

Shortly before dishing up dinner, the phone rang and as it was H I assumed it was to speak to D... but no, it was H wanting to chat with me.

First he told me he had managed to coax the computer to work again. Then he told me a couple of "knock knock" jokes...

Then he asked me if I had summer plans.... I was vague, they are still not firm.

And, he asked me how I was...

Then he told me to give D a kiss and a hug from him, and said, that's all from me then!

Reading the "Why does he do that?" book, this lurching from being abusive to being nice is talked about as part of the overall pattern of manipulation and abuse. I don't like it myself. It keeps you (me) reeled in, of course. I can't remember him apologising for calling me a bitch all those weeks ago, when I didn't buy his tobacco...

Anyway, more busyness ahead of me, just thought I would drop in with an update!

Livnlearn

"The unexamined life is not worth living" - Socrates