So things don't go according to plan...

and this is something I know by this point in my life. We went camping, we got blown away. Big huge tent is now a broken tent. So we cobbled together an old tent and went someplace else. And had a nice time. But didn't get any knitting done.

So then the computer broke, and now it is fixed....again. And today is R's birthday - she is 16. And I love watching these kids grow up, but am feeling sorry for myself because we have so little spare money and I can't get her nice pressies. :-(  We need money for her to go to college, since she is doing a photography course. We need to pay for film and developing paper, field trips (£150 in the first term for one trip!) and of course, buy a DSLR. As if. And S needs money for uni. And we are still supposed to be fundraising for C to go to Sweden, as if that is going to happen. And M wants to do an art course that costs £100. And they all need shoes and clothes first. blah. Just ignore me. I'll stop feeling sorry for myself soon, and enjoy the day.

Today is also the performance day for the Lowry summer school, Docker's Opera, which I cannot wait to see, as C and M and some of their friends are in it. So things to look forward to.