I've just done two hours of work hiding up here in the study while the sitter plays with A. in the other room. quite a strange feeling, hiding from my own son.

so I'm earning money again, albeit a tenth of what dh does, and with a fairly nondemanding piece of work. another venture I have is starting to look like it might even pay for itself (long story). the real world will drag me back in, I suppose, and in a funny way maybe I'll look back at this time when no one expected anything of me as a luxury.