My doesn't this news business move fast. So the Rooney saga is temporarily over for the time being as he signs a 5 year contract to stay at Manchester United and the conspiracy theorists have a field day. Someone has definitely been bluffing but I'm not quite sure who. I initially suspected that threats to leave were a bargaining chip to improve the contract on offer but after the language being used on both sides it seemed like a fait accompli that he would leave. It's no longer even worth commenting on any longer as it only encourages them.
   I forgot to mention yesterday concerning the cuts that despite the rhetoric the economic situation is perfect for the Tories who like cutting the public sector back as much as they can. You can feel the warm glow still emanating from George Osborne right now (which will at least save the fuel bill for possibly another 24 hours).
   A bit of calm has now been restored after a power cut saw me rummaging under the stairs for candles. Luckily it was only for about 30 minutes but it was annoying as we were half way through watching "New Tricks" at the time (get us and our Rock 'n' Roll lifestyle) and the house alarm over the road was the only entertainment we had as we realised how much stuff needs electricity. Even the landline phone is plugged in and the small glimmer of hope when I saw that the battery was still powering the laptop was short lived when I realised that I still could not contact our energy supplier as the modem and router were down. Regular checks on Bethany ensued as the various monitors were down although she was oblivious to this. Ironically the breathing monitor has been more of a bane just as she has been sleeping better: at the start of the week we were finally getting her down just for her to wake herself up coughing 2 hours later but the last couple of nights she was sleeping fine but moving up the cot to such an extent that she was no longer on the breathing / movement sensor mat under her mattress. This obviously resulted in the alarm sounding and us running to her room just in time to see her wake up with the noise. I feared that when the electricity came back on some alarm would go off to rouse her but thankfully not.