Mum went out for a drink after work tonight, it was a bit odd because sometimes she does go out with “the girls†but normally we hear about it for days in advance and it’s on the calendar in the kitchen. Today, she phoned up Claire and asked if she’d cook us something to eat. Claire tried to get all grown up and in charge about it, and tried to order Andrew and I to peel potatoes and lay the table, but we just wandered off. I don’t think she really wanted the help; she just wanted to make it clear how much she was doing for us. The dinner was terrible, Claire is a crap cook, but anyone would think she’s Jamie Oliver the way she carries on. When Mum came home she was pink in the cheeks and a bit giggly, Claire asked her who was leaving or whose birthday it was (that’s normally why she goes out), but mum said that she went out for a drink with her colleague Steven. We’ve never even heard of him. God, I hope she doesn’t get into having boyfriends and stuff; it would be a real nightmare. Even Claire paled a bit, she would be mortified if Mum got a boyfriend and she didn’t have one.