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I has me a new SPN ep, yes I do. Alas, I cannot watch it for a while because...well, there's a lot of light in my front room and it makes it hard to see the screen on my computer at times and I want to be able to see the hotness that it angsty!Dean because it'll be ages before there is more. After next week, I mean. Incidentally, when does the new season start? September? Or is it like 24 and starts in January for an uninterrupted run? Doubtful, I feel.

ANYWAY. New ep. Looking forward to it.

In other news, I braved the potential hysteria and took Evie swimming again today. It did not look good because, as per last time, she started crying as soon as I put her down on the changer in our cubicle. Granted, they are grim, but I don't think they warrant hysterics. Evie, obviously, feels differently. But then! The pool was quieter and I sat at the edge with her and let her dangle her toes in the water. She was a bit upset and I was thinking it would be just like last time. After ten minutes though? Totally let me submerge her (which I did in stages) up to her chest/neck and didn't mind at all! I spent the next twenty minutes talking to her and swishing her around and she looked at me pityingly, like she felt vaguely sorry for this fool grining at her and talking to her constantly. In the end, I think I wore her down - last ten minutes she started smiling and laughing and flapping her arms and legs around like a mentalist. Score! Stayed in forty-five minutes in the end and I only took her out because her toes were going so wrinkly. She even adored showering off with me at the end, something she vehemently objected to last time.

Got back in the cubicle - screamed from start to end. We'll have to work on that. But overall, massive success!

I am feeling more optimistic about having my mother here this summer now. OK, it will be small and cramped and she annoys me. But it'll still be nice for her to see Evie and if I'm honest, it'll be nice to go out in the evening after Evie's gone to bed and run or see a movie or something. There is also the knowledge that she won't be here all the next academic year - I have my timetable from September and it looks like I'll be able to work it so that I can do it all without her help. I might ask Steve to have her for an evening a week so I can work but even if he says no, it should all be doable. Hurrah! It'll be busy as hell and hard work but worth it - and only for one year. Much easier after that, when I'll be at Uni.

All in all, top stuff.

ETA: My mouse won't work if I have my keyboard on my lap. THIS IS HIGHLY ANNOYING AND FRUSTRATING! Just thought I'd share.