QUOTE : What have I ever had to do in my life that really<br />needed to be done? I always had a choice, and I always took the easy way<br />out—we always took the easy way out. At our age the burden of double<br />maths on a Monday morning and finding a spot the size of Pluto on my nose<br />was as complicated as it ever got for me.<br />This time round I’m having a baby. A baby. And that baby will be<br />around on the Monday, on the Tuesday, on the Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I have no weekends off. No three-month holidays.<br />I can’t take a day off, call in sick, or get Mum to write a note. I am<br />going to be the mum now. I wish I could write myself a note.<br />I’m scared, Alex.<br />Rosie