Hmm. Smugness is one of those unwise attitudes that says a fat lot more about what you want other people to feel rather than what you're feeling yourself. What a pillock.

As for the jumping- you've good reason to be on your guard, but then he's also got a good reason to try to get under your skin. The thing about working two jobs that are really meant for two separate people is that it wears down your instincts and judgment. And sends you out for long, stompy walks at dawn.

I know we've been over this before and you don't trust the YPL to anyone other than yourself, but there's another option we've not yet discussed. Mostly because I'm fairly certain you would dismiss it outright.

I'm trying to figure out the right balance between caring and meddling here, but I can't not say something when I fear that if you go on like this you will do serious harm to your mental and physical health. The YPL may have started as a little pilot programme, but now it's grown into its own beast (one that a variety of interested parties want to lay claim to), and I can't imagine that there will be an interest in scaling it back anytime soon- quite the contrary, in fact. It's just not the same as gathering up students and watching them duel on Tuesday nights.

But yes, we'll talk. For however long it takes.