14 January 2014

Colin is wearing his rucksack in the shop, and Dai asks if he is ready for Kilimanjairo;  Jim is looking for Eileen, and tells Colin he is supposed to wear it outside.   Meic receives a parcel from Wil in Canada;  he tells Anita that Debbie is throwing her weight about in the café, and he needs the patience of a saint.   Anita is proud that she downloaded a 200-page novel on her tablet, and has been looking at photos of Wil and Alys Eira.

Eileen looks morose, and tells Jim she is doing paperwork, then Colin asks her if he can have Thursday off for the orienteering trip;  he leaves, wearing his head-mounted torch.   Back upstairs, Eileen does not want any dinner, and accuses Jim of fussing;  he is at a loss to know what to do, but Eileen says, “This mess is all my fault – no-one else’s.   It’s not surprising they have turned their backs on me – I’m not fit to be their mother!”

Second meeting of the internet class, amused at Dai's expense

At the internet class, Marian has joined them this time, and says she will “Tweet” Sioned to come and collect her;  she is already a dab hand with texting.   Later, while Sioned is serving Debbie in the Deri, she gets a tweet from Marian, “Any gossip in the Deri?” and Debbie says to tell her she has kicked Meic out of the flat.   Sioned reminds her that it is his flat.

Meic runs a bath, and tells his yellow plastic duck that it is safer there than in the flat;  Debbie is on his back all day, but he will get rid of her –“She won’t get the better of Meic Pierce!” he opines.

At the internet class, Megan googles herself, “Megan Harries OBE,” and Dai tries to do the same, but finds a David Ashurst who is a 30-year-old Australian entrepreneur;  Diane says she married the wrong one.   Having deliberately disconnected her router before she left home, she asks Dylan to come and have a look at her internet, as it is not working.

Eileen concludes that giving away her baby was the start of all her troubles;  she says she has not loved anyone since then, simply convincing herself it was love.   “What kind of mother refuses to have anything to do with her daughter?   I have ruined every relationship I’ve had, not only Sioned, but Denzil, John, Angela.   Inside, I’m as hard as stone.   I’ve lived a lie.”   Jim, who is making soup for her, asks if their relationship is a lie, then Courtney rings, wanting help with homework.   Eileen urges him to go to her, and from the doorway, he sees her pour the soup down the sink.

Anita brings Dylan home and he soon discovers the insecure plug;  as she offers him a glass of wine, Debbie arrives, with Meic’s dirty washing, and takes it upstairs to him.   He has by now emerged from his bath, and is wearing the “onesie” from Wil;  when Debbie sees this, she shouts with delight, “Meicky Mouse!” and takes a photo with her phone, as Meic hollers at her to get out.   Anita remarks, “It’s a nice fit.”