29th march 2004 - My sister came down today (Monday) with my two little neices. I had only expected to see the youngest thinking the bigger one would be unfortunetly at school, happily she had a day off school so it was very nice to see them both again especially as i hadn't seen them since xmas.

Recieved more nice belated birthday presents, another nice pair of jeans, pack of boxer shorts and a cool t-shirt to which i love the colour (think of the colour of the last Outpost and it's almost the exact same baby blue!), to which i'll wear saturday.

We wen to Stanley Park (Local town sceneic park) where i raced my eldest neice (7yrs) down the little hills as she had her scooter with her. Had a spot of lunch in the park then me and my two nieces, the youngest being 3, had a game of football on the grass, follwed by more races We then went on to the nearby local beach (Just by the park) and threw stones in the sea and looked for interesting pebbles and seashells (mainly pebbles) before cutting back through the park (more races - very tiring!) to the car where they dropped me off home before leaving.

It was really nice to see them again, especially my neices. More than that it was a nice day especially given it was the anniversary of my mother's death, exactly to years to the day on March the 29th. And the weather was very nice, i amost didn't want to go to work in the afternoon, i could've stayed on the beach all afternoon; but unfortunelt i did have to go to work but kept to myself, given the day.

Today - Finally went to the cemetary, will have to get some flowers on Thursday (payday) or soon after, those ones look a little wilted. Made me realise though (and which is what got me doing this journal again) that in someways being 28 is not so good. Not so good as this whole year is a reminder really of 10 years ago when i lost my mum, exactly 10 years since my life screwed up and looking back at who i was then and aho i am now etc. All of which weighed eavy on my mind on the way back.

Having said that, writing all this down has made me feel a bit better since i started all these updates to the journal.

Should be another quiet night at work after last night's rush (paren'ts night at the school) and at least the kids go early on Friday (half-day) for the start of their 2 week holidays. Unfortunetly i am still their during those two weeks, and on earlies (7am - 11am as apposed to afternoon), but looking on the bright side at least i'll have the rest of the day to myself when i return.

And prehaps now i've started this journal again i can keep it up to date again! All though in all fairness these last 2 weeks have been very hectic.