I've spent the weekend trying to catch up with paperwork, bringing accounts up to date etc. Still Brian's improving - at least the bin in the kitchen was empty, he'd washed the kitchen floor, tidied and hoovered the rooms and everything was looking pretty spick and span. He'd even managed to keep his laundry to a minimum though I soon had the wash basket full to overflowing by the time I unpacked.

It was at this point that Brian told me the filler pipe to my washer was leaking and he'd had to turn off the water supply - great! So in order to get my laundry done, I had to get him to turn the water on and get the backlog done as quickly as possible so it could be turned back off again. Now there's only the ironing to face - happy days! Back to earth with a thump or what!