Thanks for worrying about me. Was a bit of a grim night. Helicopters overhead and sirens-a-go-go. We had a fantastic e-mail system going between all who live round here, so we managed to keep ourselves in touch. Scariest was a friend and her two kids were warned by the police to stay in, as the police expected trouble on their estate. DH and his friend were on standby to run up and fetch them, but fortunately they're fine. She said it was almost a party atmosphere in the end, as a few of the residents piled in with them for solidarity, so they got through together. There was a huge dawn raid on a gang a week ago - something like 30 homes stormed at dawn. The estate where they're based was where yesterday's trouble was largely, based yet the press don't seem to have connected the two, which is weird as we all have!
Anyway, onwards. Today is another day and the sun's shining on what's left of Hackney. Hope everyone's good today. Especially you, Amber. Can you get some help for DH from anywhere in terms of his anxiety? Or would an outsider just make him even more anxious?
You too Sparkle. Hope the brood aren't so tiresome today. Does DS like building dens? I gave mine two sheets and a long piece of rope the other day and he spent hours perfecting a space ship. Not sure the sheets will ever recover, but still..
Pranma, meant to say hello before - in fact I did, but lost the post. 
Brilliant to hear you've been discharged. What a milestone! I told my triple negative friend and you've cheered her up immensely.
SR, so sorry your friend now has secondaries. That's the worst kind of news. I hope there's something they can do for her. Must be hard to face chemo again. Not sure how I'd manage that.
anyone? I have a child free morning, as DS is at a mini-tennis camp in the park each morning this week and today's someone else's mum's turn to take him. Am assuming the tennis courts haven't been torched, so hooray for parklife!