Whether it's dealing with ageing parents or complications with teenagers or wanting so much to be loved and cared for while desperately wanting to be on one's own....this is a complicated time for all of us women of a certain (not quite so gorgeous as I used to be) age.

Hmm, and the stuff that makes you feel better is somewhat temporary, bit like drugs I suppose, always need just that little bit more to get the same buzz.

That's enough musing for one day. Think I'll get my rather pale and lacklustre eyelashes tinted because........well, I'm counting on at least a half hour's worth of buzz out of that, with perhaps another hour's kick on the weekend depending on what I'm up to.

Thar she blows!