Yes, kids are off school, I have been baking birthday cakes until midnight, we are in the final, painful stages of a 2 year building project, the AW catalogue needs putting to bed and there are all the joys of moving house to look forward to next month. WHAT was I thinking when I decided that it would be a good idea for all of these things to happen simultaneously?

I am fascinated by how hard it is for people who have set out in a particular direction to change course.  It takes a much greater effort of will to make changes to plans you have already laid than it did to come up with those same plans in the first place.

Oh dear, I’ve spent 3 days worrying about when I’ll see my kids again.  They are still stranded in Majorca with Chris while I’m safely back in the UK.

So you might think that deciding to have kids and run my own business makes me certifiable. But honestly there is method in this double madness.