The family are all out and about today. Mrs Plug and Youngest have travelled down to Wimborne in Dorset for the Annual food festival. This is not a demonstration of the lengths to which they will go for some free food, rather that Mrs Plug has a stall to sell her Ceramics. Since her decision to really try and make a go of being an artist, all of her efforts have been geared towards this weekend. She has another exhibition locally over the weekend as well. No sales would mean a huge kick in the teeth for her. I have spent the last few weeks trying to prepare for the worst. This is not because I don't believe in what she does...far from it. I do worry bout the economic climate though. Her work is beautiful, but I wonder if it will be top of the priority list for disposable income over the coming months. Today would be an early indicator. Eldest was off working all day (Scaring small children for a Halloween event) so I went off to work alone in a cab, awaiting the first text of misery saying that no-one was buying. I was delighted that at five past ten (It opened at Ten) I received the first text advising of a sale. In the end, she sold nine pieces and came away with a huge smile on her face (I imagine) and a sense that maybe she can do this. We await news of the other exhibition (Although I doubt that this one will make anywhere near the same sales). Eldest arrived home from work, and rushed off to get glammed up for a party that she was going to in the evening. She looked absolutely stunning. This is the girl who has no self confidence of course...perhaps that is part of her charm? I took her down to the gentle pleasant surroundings of Luton on the train to drop her off t the nightclub. There were two big burly bouncers who checked her for ID etc....I stood some way away watching, and feeling so very old all of a sudden. I am not worried by age, in fact I am rather enjoying it. There seems to me to be less pressure on you to behave in a certain way. I do however worry when I see the way the two bouncers looked at her! I went home and watched and Episode of a series called "The Fades" which seems to be quite good, however, my gallop into old age continues relentlessly and I fall asleep half way through.
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