LAST NIGHT's...

... Very tense birthday tea proved to be too much for Christina and she left for home this morning, a day ahead of schedule, and has said she won't join us later on at the Northumberland Arms because she doesn't want to spoil another evening for us.

This makes me do sad. I spend my life trying to keep Christina on an even keel when she is with us, and sometimes it works, but often it doesn't and last night was clearly an occasion when nothing anyone could do would prevent it careering into mayhem. To be fair, she was never as aggressive as she would have been in the old days and she clearly recognised that she had gone too far, but she also has real issues with family members that need to be dealt with, preferably in family therapy sessions.

So, I'm going to go us on the good times that we had with her during the past few days - and there were many!