Well

Things had been going well until Wednesday when I didn't get in till after 10 after playing then watching football and having a few beers with the lads. I got the usual abuse text messages and I'm chucking you out one, which after a beer meant I started planning in my head what I would do, move to my mates house, rent a room from him for a while and save a bucket load of money. Of course this hasn't happened and when on Thursday I asked for her to empty the suitcases so I could pack my stuff, I got the text saying she will do it when she has time, fine by me, but then I get another text telling me her work colleague and friend, 51yrs old has died, it was on the cards but doesn't make it any better. Her friend was suffering from cancer and had been for radiotherapy etc. and seemed to be on the mend but as usual these cases the cancer fought back harder and the cancer went terminal very quickly, she went in to a hospice about a week ago I think and died the Thursday, so I was trying to consul the gf as I think it hit home that her nan proberbly doesn't have much time left either and she is also suffering from cancer. Friday she wasn't really in a state to do anything so I through a sickie and stayed home with her as well as taking my son to school and just tryingto be there for her, by the afternoon she seemed better and said she was feeling better, I hope it is true and not just a front.

The gf found out Saturday that the funeral is on Tuesday 12th, in the afternoon, we weren't sure if she would be able to go as I have work and our son finishes school at 3pm and the funeral is at 2pm but her mum will be picking him up and she has someone to cover her shift.

This weekend with me taking Friday off made it a four day weekend which was great, Friday night we had a bbq for the three of us, Saturday I took my son swimming and afterwards he played with his mate for the rest of the afternoon, Sunday we toook them to the park were we had a kick about with the football, played some baseball and tennis which we all enjoyed and Monday we took him to the coastal park which the local council built about 3yrs ago now and gets very busy after he was tired from playing there we took him down the beach and checked out the rock pools, we spotted a shrimp a couple of little crabs and a medium sized crab, we wouldn't tell what it was first as it legs just looked like seaweed, but then I spotted its red eyes and we could then see the shape of it properly, I was ready to put the rock back though as it looked freaky. This was it, a Velvet swimming Crab