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326 Cecelia AhernIt’s like I’m waiting at the train station, busking to make a few quid, justenough to catch the next train out of here. And of course the most importantthing to me is Katie and everywhere I am with her should feel like home, butit doesn’t because it’s up to me to make the home for her. I know that Katieis going to leave in a few years and she won’t need me like she does now.I have to set my own life up for when Katie goes. I need to set my ownlife up for when Katie goes because I don’t see any Prince Charmings comingalong to rescue me. Fairy tales are such evil little stories for young children.Every time I’m in a mess I expect a long-haired posh-speaking man to cometrotting into my life (on a horse of course, literally trotting himself ...)Then you realize you don’t want a long-haired posh-speaking man trottinginto your life because he’s the one who put you in the bloody mess in the firstplace.I’m like Katie’s coach right now, gearing her up for the big fight. She’shardly thinking of life after me, sure she has her dreams of traveling theworld and DJ-ing for a living without me but the without me part hasn’t hither yet. And so it shouldn’t, she’s only fourteen. Anyway she is not up tomaking her own decisions yet, and I’ve put my foot down on the quittingschool idea.Although lately I haven’t had to force her out of bed in the morningsbecause of John, this new boyfriend of hers. The pair of them are inseparable;they go to discos every Friday night in the GAA club near where he lives.He’s a real GAA man and plays hurling for the Dublin minors. In fact we’regoing to see Dublin v. Meath in Croke park on Sunday. It’s tricky for mebecause I obviously don’t have a car nor can drive so I sometimes put Rubyon driving duties. She calls it Driving Ms. Lazy. John’s mother is a very nicelady though and she’s kind enough to collect Katie and drop her home someweeks. I haven’t seen or heard much of Toby but I met his mother at theschool when she was dropping off her youngest and she told me he was actingmore or less the same as Katie with his new love, Monica.I never dated when I was fourteen. The youth of today are really changing. . . (I sounded SO OLD there!) OK, OK mum I can hear you fumingfrom here, I did become pregnant at the age of eighteen without having a jobor education or man and almost gave you a nervous breakdown, but in some