Summer at last! We have at this late stage of the year begun to have warm days and nights. With England being so strongly influenced by the Gulf Stream (high level wind which drags humid Atlantic air toward us) we have experience the most wide spread floods in hundreds of years. So some warm dry weather is most welcome.

I am grappling with many difficulties accompanying trying to run a successful business, keep a fully functioning home and fit in day to day activities. Sometime ago now I realised 2 things:

• if you want something done properly you have to be involved.
• I can only do one thing at a time.

I have reduced my meals to one a day to save time. Unfortunately meal preparation still requires supervision.

I am not sure how to move from where the business is now to the next level. I need at least 1 further researcher to take on projects. This will require a very careful selection but how do I find candidates?

This week was supposed to be a quiet week. Presentation was postponed from Monday to next week. So instead of a relaxing finish to the project we are busy with infinitesimal changes.

My aunt passed away this week and it was kind of expected. It's still a shock being just a few days after her mom, my gran.

With all the sadness of this week some more bad news from a friend (on Wednesday) was enough to put me into a somber frame of mind. Relationships are complex and difficult to repair. The news that he brought me was despairingly painful. I failed to offer any comforting words felt so useless as a friend.

I watched Blood Diamond that night and was blown away by the sadness and shameful greed in Africa. de Caprio gave a convincing performance and I was very impressed with his portrayal of a Zimbabwean. A great movie but don't watch it alone.