Mum's fountain

It was a long day at school today; the SQA exams have now started and I was reading and scribing all day. I went out for a meal this evening to Mitchell's in Carmunnock with Victoria, we had a great chat and the meal was absolutely delicious. The highlight for me, unusually, was my dessert which was rice pudding with syrup and papaya; it was really gorgeous and although I had plenty to eat I don't feel overly full. I arrived home to find my boys dispersed around the house playing computer games, studying, and watching "Empire". I find "Empire" quite interesting but I don't enjoy it as much as James seems to. Another bit of news today is that the sale of Mum's house is finalised and I have to put the keys through the solicitor's letterbox tonight. I feel a sense of anticlimax although I should feel relieved. I am also going to collect the wee fountain that Jennifer and I gave Mum for her 70th birthday. I remember how she had seen it in a magazine and Jenn and Russ drove all the way to Perth to get the exact one she wanted. We set it up in the garden and she was so happy and pleased. So I was not very happy when James said this evening that it is "tacktastic" and that I should throw it in the bin. My Mum had excellent taste and although the fountain was not expensive, it is lovely.