well.. so much for 'I'll give it a week'

Spoke to OD late Friday afternoon:

ME: "How was school?"
OD: "I didn't go in"
ME: "Why?"
OD: "I was knackered and Mum said Chris couldn’t stay round even if I did go in, so I didn't bother. Can I come over to yours tonight?"

ME: "On your own?"
OD: "No, with Helena and Lesley. And Niamh. And Alex".

Ahhh… business as usual then. Apparently she did make four out of five days at school this week, so that wasn't too bad. Plus, I believe this afternoon would have been double PE so only three proper lessons she missed then.

And come-up they all did. So with YD and her friend Rona here too, it was quite a full house. But fun. Especially when Helena downed the majority of half a bottle of vodka and then threw-up (yes, nothing I enjoy more than cleaning-up sick at one thirty in the morning). I spoke briefly to the Beast on Friday night to ask how life with OD was going and she said remarkably well (although as we are hardly talking to each other at the moment it was a little tricky). Things seem to be going OK at school (more or less) and her relationship with her Mum is more like it was two years ago. In fact, it all seems fine and dandy. I did feel a little surprised that things have clicked back in to place so easily (for it would seem that she shows no sign of wishing to return to Watford full time) but as BotS pointed out when I discussed this with her, if you consider what an emotional mess OD was when she moved to mine the fact that she’s gone back to her Mum’s in such a mature and stable frame of mind is testament to the effort I put in while she was here. That made me feel better. I do miss her though. Place seems empty without her here (although she has left the cat behind ).