Too cold to function

One of the joys of kids is that they leave you broke.

Too broke to put the heating on.

This is because you spent all your money on a creaky old house in a good school catchment area and have spent what little you had left buying pointless Moshi Monster figures.

Today my nose is cold, my fingers are numb and the only way to warm up is to get in the bath and then hide in bed.

Welcome to my life.