The children have been with me this weekend. We had a lovely evening on Friday, having a picnic in the lounge whilst watching Children in Need, they were great company. The bunny was in as he's recovering from his operation (got his bits done on Friday morning!) and he seemed to enjoy sitting on the arm of the sofa, watching tv too!

Spent yesterday providing a taxi service for them as they went into town with friends to watch Christmas lights switch on and do some xmas shopping. They complained that they didn't have enough money to buy all the presents that they would have liked to, so I came

Not been here for quite a while but life is getting just too frantic to find time for much else.

I am now doing nearly all the childcare as well as working full time while she spends all day in the spa/health club with a lot of time in the pub or a bar somewhere.

It has now got to the stage where the school don't want her to collect the children in the afternoon because there have been 4 times that she has rolled up smelling of alcohol and they are about to inform social services. Maybe that might be to my advantage?

Last week the children were taken to the pub straight from school and last

I'm feeling much, much better today.  I'm resolved on a course of action, and I'm preparing myself for the huge changes this will inevitably bring.

I feel like a different person today.  Over the last eight months I've been through rock bottom, I picked myself up, I regained my self-confidence and my joy in life, I came crashing down again briefly, and now I'm ready to sort this mess out and get some stability back, for myself and my kids.

 I spent a lot of time over the last few days talking with family and friends, and I've had nothing but support and people telling me I'm doing the right