Well, today I have been at work. Again, I will be going to Saturday evening Mass, as I am working again tomorrow. Work today wasn't too bad. Only 4 hours - though I did have to send a girl home for just not doing as she was told, and telling me I'm not a supervisor. Grr.
 
Yesterday, I didn't work. It was my day off, & I went to Yeovil with L-T & did some dissertation research. It was fun.
 
Next week, my 13 year old brother is coming to stay. My mother is not taking him (or the 15 year old) on holiday, so I said that he could come & stay with me instead, even if Exeter isn't so much fun as Cyprus. He's coming for a week. I thought that he was bringing his friend Rob, which I was fine with, but last night, my mother informed me that he is, in fact, bringing his girlfriend. I'm not so enthralled with that one. But I didn't argue, since if I refuse to let him come with his girlfriend, he won't get a holiday at all.
 
My mother is also letting the 15 year old work all holiday. She doesn't see anything wrong with a 15 year old working at least 18 hours a week all summer. I'm afraid that I do. I think he should have at least one week off. I have my suspicions that he's actually working a lot more that 18 hours a week, which I wouldn't have thought is legal. So, any way, the 15 year old is not really having a proper holiday of any description this year. My mother is going to Cyprus with my step dad, my youngest brother & sister, and my 17 year old brother, who I'm sure will get the same joyous job that I did last year - that of babysitting. I'm thinking I'm far better away from it all. My mother's excuse for not taking the 15 & 13 year olds is that they don't behave at school; I personally think that it's because they'd cramp her style. She likes to have her cute little daughter (my 4 year old sister) and someone old enough to babysit around. My 4 year old sister is cute, & everyone loves her, so she's good, but she does need looking after, so a babysitter is good, so long as they don't talk or go anywhere near my mother, because then she can get on with doing her stuff, & ignoring all of her children, except when she wants something. So, any way, as usual, I'm not overly impressed with her.
 
I have my minidisc recorder. It's cool. It has a voice activation thingy, so that I can set it so that it only records when someone's talking. That's pretty funky!
 
Other than working, and dissertation research, and seeing my social worker, I'm not really doing much this week; so, like most people, my life's not v exciting right now.