Comfort food

One of Nigel Slater's recipes - potatoes, mushrooms, sage, stock and anything else you want to chuck into the oven until it's done.

Had one of my occasional meltdowns this afternoon caused by extreme frustration at an online job application system that started being sarky with me after I'd spent 3 hours on an application.

Anyway, what's done is done and we shall see what happens. I actually love my current job, but it just doesn't bring in enough to pay the bills.

My meltdown focused on the usual stuff: anxiety about money, age, body, the bastard government and took the form of tears and rage.

Roland was lovely, providing chocolate and hugs. He's coping well with his course - including the commuting - and looking forward to delivery of lots of nice tech toys that he's getting free to assist him in his coursework due to his dyslexia (which was only identified about 18 months ago). And he starts observing classes this week in preparation for starting delivering teaching at the end of October.

And yes, I am going to enter the photography competition. I have nothing to lose!