Saxophone lesson at school for Jessica today. She's also singing in the chorus in the school pantomime this evening. She got a bit worried last night because it seems the teacher running the show has put a bit of pressure on them to get it right - which had Jessica in a bit of a blather.

Alex rumbles on, school is still going OK - he may be in the lowest set for Literacy and Numeracy, but he's there. And his reading has improved no end since the summer.

I'm reading a single volume abridgement of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" at the moment, mostly on the bus on the way into work. It's interesting how the conclusions he draws are often still the 'canonical' ones regarding any given period.

I'm also trying to wean myself off a growing addiction to Caffe Nero Lattes, usually to drink on the bus on the way home.