It is 3.30 pm and after a starchy rice lunch, I am feeling sleepy, all i want to do is sleep but Thom has to be helped with his homework and then send off to play with his friends. If I don't get that out of the way I will soon have a lot of five and six year olds banging at my door, asking me to let Thom out. As if I am the evil witch who has locked Thom, making him do his homework, when he should be out playing, God knows, what with his friends.

he didnot go to school today as we had to go for the emirates ID. It just took 10 or 1 minutes and staff were all friendly and sweet but still we let him stay at home.