Well, my wonderful lover did do some housework for me! Kitchen, hall and dining room incredibly impressive! We've had a nice week of being together and working together. We've now doscovered a Kurdish caff and an arts centre I knew nothing about in Roath. We have a favourite new 'greasy spoon' caff in Canton and had a lovely trip to Penarth making the most of this mad, changeable weather we're having at the moment.

We're both occupied with family stuff this weekend. I've been spending time with my sister who's in Wales for weekend, my mother and my mother's newly acquired loopy cats. He has his daughter and son-in-law down for a few days.

I shall be roasting pork tomorrow and feeding Mum and sisters in my squeaky clean dining room.

I'm having strange time of feeling energised and enthused and then being overwhelmed with apathy - not miserable - just lacking motivation. Reaction to 'stuff' beyond my control, but enough people in picture to support me - Just life...