mitsakes :)

I keep making mistakes - missing my turn when driving for example. I discovered yesterday I'd mistakenly bought an extra ticket for greenbelt (so an older mistake just uncovered yesterday), but that's all sorted now. Usually it's a sign I need a holiday but I've only been back for 3 days.

My biggest mistake yesterday was watching 3 episodes of  "Stranger things". Having just said goodbye to the children for 11 days, what I needed was something to connect, something light, humorous, hopeful. Stranger things was none of these things. I'm not a TV person at the best of times but thought it would be good to watch something together rather than go off alone and read, this was what my boyfriend suggested as it had just been recommended to him by two different friends. As oft happens tho, he fell asleep leaving me to agonise my way through the disheartening themes of loss, fear, child abuse, and when i finally broke, grief at the death of a child.

And so I made a brief start on a non-fiction book by someone I'm looking forwards to hearing at greenbelt (tho I imagine she'll be popular. Should I start queuing now??)

Children there safely :) Done loads of volunteering - the helpline closes in an hour and then I'll read some more. No despairing TV for me tonight!