CD and EM, hope hospital and bank/mortgage appts respectively go fine and children are ok.
my good news: the dark clouds have currently lifted quite a lot and I'm feeling more in control. And I've booked the most daunting bit of my rather complicated holiday - we're going to Anchorage, Alaska for a few days at the end of September, via Seattle and San Francisco where we'll spend 2 and 5 days respectively as part of our trip. I've booked flights and an Anchorage hotel room, a few days ago I renewed the couple's annual travel insurance from last year to a family for this year, Danny has a passport, all that's left is booking accommodation in Seattle and San Francisco, but I'm not worried about that.
grrrrr for the morning - Danny had just dozed off on my lap and someone from Southern Electric knocked on the door to "tell you about the Government law on deregulation". He denied trying to sell me anything but my electricity is Powergen and my gas is British Gas, and if I switch I will choose in my own time and on my own terms, not to some sneaky door to door con artist - good deals for the customer don't come round disturbing baby's nap! I made it very clear that I was sure he was trying to sell, that I was suspicious etc and that I will complain if they try anything on. Surely someone from a private company should not be pretending that their presence on my doorstep is in some sort of official capacity eg "to tell you about government law"?