The rain has finally stopped. It has rained non-stop for weeks - so hard it has brought down the ceiling in the spare room where the rain is pouring through the roof. When I think back to the last few weeks it will be against the backdrop of a monsoon starting with the day at the Marsden when we couldn't see the road through the rain. But today it is blue and sunny and freezing.
The children are in advent heaven - they have got chocolate calendars, Playmobil calendars, an advent candle...so many things to fight over and all before 7.30 in the morning. There is too much excitement about the next few weeks to think too far into the future and I decide to seize this moment of optimism/denial and go and get our tree - it's far too early but who cares. I get carried away, buy mistletoe, a wreath, more decorations that we don't need, more candles and the tree. It's brilliant.
