Revelations

You learn interesting life skills when your partner leaves you to practice single-parenthood for two weeks while she does musical things in Iceland.

This morning, I discovered the best way to dry your son's socks (after you've left it to the last minute to wash them the night before).

1. place the hole of one sock over the end of your other half's hairdryer.
2. switch on the hairdryer (on hot)
3. hold for 30 seconds (optional: you can cheer up your grumpy-with-no-dry-socks child by making the inflated sock dance about)
4. turn off hairdryer and remove crispy dry sock, warm as toast to comfort your child's cold toes
5. repeat for the other sock