Like most people, I don’t plan on living in the family home for the rest of my life, despite having meals cooked for me, cheap Internet and cable and the cheap rent and all the rest of it. I want independence at some point.

First, I should really – and I meant REALLY – learn how to cook.

This is my second attempt at a simple cheese omelette.

It looks more like scrambled eggs. By the way, it’s not burnt; the dark brown bits you can see are actually some of the drops of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce (which I LOVE).

And it didn’t look any better after I put it on a plate and tried to make it vaguely resemble an omelette.

Part of the problem is that my mum has never taught me how to cook anything and my school only taught us how to make rock cakes, which totally lived up to their name, and soup, which was very watery and the vegetables floated on top.

I think it’s time I started finding simple recipes on the Internet.