Morning everyone!
It is so lovely to come back on here this morning and see everyone's cheering messages. Thank you so much for them!
Sorry I didn't get back on here last night. I was too busy balancing buckets of iced water above doors in rooms where dh was about to enter ignoring dh and shredding his ties. 
Swan yes it was a very strange thing for him to say - I still don't understand it as he has never, ever expressed that view to me before the meeting - and I've never known him to be intimidated by anyone! He has infuriatingly unshakeable confidence!!
Also, yes, someone else has advised me not to dismiss a psychologist because they are young/don't have dc of their own. I can see I was perhaps a bit hasty in my judements re the first point but still hesitating about second. Fortunately, Toffee has very kindly advised me who I should be ideally looking for and with what training.
Glad to hear you had a bit of time out and a lovely evening Swan and of course that you are coping magnficiently without dh 
! And looking at the mounds of delicious food you are producing: I really need to up my game and get back to cooking dd some comforting puddings. (She opted for hot dinners instead of packed lunches this term, so I've got a bit slack.)
Sorry to hear your ds1 has had such a difficult week though. As you say, I think any adult would find those organisational logistics difficult to cope with. Hope his violin exam goes well.
Toffee yes it must be incredibly hard to have had a brief window of relative freedom and then for it to be shut again - let's hope only temporarily! Hope your ds1 feels better soon.
And ha! DD and I do that "rewind the video" role-play thing when we have got off on the wrong foot together! It always takes the tension out of proceedings!
Hope you have woken up feeling much better today Goth too!
Blue congrats on your radio interview - you will be able to go on to a career in politics once this particular campaign has reached its conclusion (hopefully in your group's favour)
Dizzy well done on finishing mini-quilt and good luck with your crisis clean today - hope you can catch up on sleep at the weekend!
Feverish doesn't sound good Just. Hope you can get to docs soon. Take care x
Candlelit dinner sounds lovely Engels!! Good luck with your list! Arf at your ds's choice of attire 
Sympathies over expensive uniform Bitchy. DD's feet are perplexing. They don't grow for ages and ages and then overnight they've suddenly elongated by a couple of cms. Have just had to give away a load of (relatively new and expensive) shoes that she can't fit in to any more.
Well this morning dd went off to school in floods of tears. She was claiming a headache and sore throat but it transpired that she hadn't done her maths hwk. I did ask her if she'd done her hwk last night, but what with all the dramas with dh, I failed to check up on it. Ho hum.
House in not too bad a state on ground and first floor but oh so much decluttering to do. Don't really feel in the groove atm. Had better go and do something productive such as shredding dh's underpants - makes lovely rabbit bedding don't you know ...
Lovely day here too so think I'll get out of the house and blow the cobwebs off!
Huge waves to Castle and everyone else!!