Today, the letter from the Department of Health arrived. I read it a couple of times. And again. And was wondering. There was nothing new in it, nothing really concrete, but hints that they understood the situation and had made enquiries about Pádraig’s situation. I’ll have to read it again tomorrow, when I am less tired. It was dated 01 April.

I am going to pre-date this blog, it’s almost 1am and I just discovered that Aer Lingus’ new schedule for flights to Hamburg means that I’ll have to get up just after 5am. It was a really busy day today. Like trying to pack a week into a day. It was really good to see Laura and Maria and to spend some time with them – far too little time it was, but still…

Not too much to report on Pádraig, only that he really seems to be moving to music; which would mean that he hears it, gets the rhythm and then ‘translates’ it into movement. Which is really fantastic and encouraging.

Tomorrow is the big day in the National Aquatic Centre for Lynn and Irene. With a bit of luck, we’ll have some pictures of our master swimmers each achieving new PBs over a mile! Please support them if you can, they are doing something that neither of them had even considered a few months ago.