OK, in case you are bewildered by the previous two entries, and their apparent uselessness considering I already have links to all these places on the page anyway... well the reason is that I'm changing my layout soon (maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow night), and it's all designed, but I want everything matching before I upload all the components etc. Including the guestbook, which is tricky to update the html for, since it's a thing that Jonathan set up, and it's not very user friendly. Which is fine most of the time except when I'm changing my layout. :-)

So yeah, I wanted something that still said "me", but as much as I love Heather and her music, I wanted a layout without her on it, but something that still went with Widescreen. So that's what I've got. Beware though, it's a drastic change! A complete facelift. I was getting fed up of the orange, so I'm going for a colour that's a little less bright. And if I get fed up of this one, I can put it on the design site! (because it doesn't have my username plastered all over it)

Anyway, yes today was interesting indeed. The newest addition to the group was crying her eyes out when her mum left without saying goodbye. Still, she cheered up during the afternoon. Like her sister, she appears to be quite temperamental. But yeah, it was nice though today, a lot more peaceful than yesterday, certainly less stressful. The student who's training with us as part of her university course, DY, sat with the new girl with my group, and afterwards she said "You've got such a lovely group, and you're so nice with them, so calm."

Which was a lovely thing to hear. I like to think that I'm good with children, that they like me, and I work well with them. To hear it from someone else is always nice. Because in a way, it's kind of like someone leaving a guestbook message for me to say they love my designs... and somehow it means a little more when the note is left by a fellow designer who I equally admire. Although at work, people just get on with their jobs, they don't go around saying how lovely the other is with children. I suppose it's kind of a taken... afterall, their in the job, not getting sacked or anything.

Mmmmm. Jonathan gave me a card yesterday for our anniversary. It was the sweetest card I've ever had. By the time I finished reading it, I was in tears. Even when I read it again later, I felt a tear run down my face. It was the nicest thing. He'd printed out a group of about 10-15 excerpts from his diary, where something I'd done made him realise how much he loves me. The last one was the following:

She's going to make a wonderful Mum. She's so great with kids. She way she was playing with the twins and making them laugh and giggle today made me realise how lucky our own children are going to be to have her for a Mum. I love her...

So many lovely things.

That's about all for tonight... keep your eyes peeled for a new layout within the next 48 hours....