Today was not a good day. It started off well but went crashing down a deep dark slope just after 3:30 when the kids got home from school. When every few seconds, I heard the word "Mum...........?", followed by some demand or other, I started to feel a bit crap. After "Mum...........?" had been said about a hundred times in the space of half an hour, I sort of just snapped. Told them to bugger off with their incessant demands and annoy someone else for a while.

So I have become a moody cow. And I feel bad about it.