Marie's Web Log

First, a block apology to those whose e-mails I have not yet answered. I'll get to them soon, I promise. Back from holiday for a week, but still not caught up. Lots of work, plus looking after Amelia and trying to keep the house from falling into complete disarray. Sometimes I think it would be easier if I were working in an office, then I could go there and do the work and come home. This way, I have to snatch hours when I can, which means I feel like I'm working all the time.

No photos of holiday yet - there are two films sitting on my bedside table waiting to be developed, but I haven't had time to take them into town. (I know, I know, if I had a digital camera...) If you'd like to see the place we stayed in, have a look here, It was really lovely - a former lambing barn, in a complex with about five other stone buildings, three of them holiday rentals and the others lived in. The original owners live in the Caribbean now, apparently. The place was just about big enough for the 15 of us, with five bedrooms and four bathrooms. There was a shared indoor pool, too.

We had great weather - only one day of rain, and the rest sunny and hot. Yes, hot. It was 32 the other day, which is very muggy for a country with few air conditioners. I actually went and bought a fan. And it was wonderful to see our friends again. Amelia got on really well with all the children, especially Carys (11) and Daisy (6). She kept running around after them, wanting to hold their hands. We hardly saw her.

I was in a foul mood on the Saturday when we came back. Seeing our friends made me miss Canada - or more accurately, the life I had there. On the Sunday we went out with some friends from here to a pub by the canal, and I felt a bit better. On the Sunday night, one of the families we stayed in the house with came to stay with us for two nights, and then we drove down to Lyme Regis with them and met up with another family of friends for one last visit before they all headed off to Brighton and other points east to visit friends and family before returning to Canada.

In less than four weeks, I'll be there myself...