Happy news

[wateroverstone]

 Things happened very quickly last week. I agreed to unchain my sale on Monday and was out  of the house on Friday, I'm in temporary accommodation : a flat belonging to my ex husband who wanted a deadline to make him finish renovating it. As expected it's not finished but I can camp out here until my purchase of a flat in Whitehaven goes through. There are good things about being here - he is charging only a nominal rent, no deposit and the tenancy can last as short a time as I need. Most of my belongings are in storage  but I have a few bits with me for entertainment. I've never lived in the centre of a town before (although Egremont is barely big enough to be a town)  and  I'm looking forward to trying the different cafes and takeaways on the street. The only downside is that my cat has found a gap behind the cooker which allows her to access a small space  under the  floorboards which she will only leave when only I am in the flat. It was stressful  creating an exit space for her: son removed two floorboards and all the kickboards before finding the right piece of wood to remove to enable her to exit her hidey hole but she can get in and out effortlessly now. I will get it blocked off as soon as I can but she is faster going back down the hole than I am getting down on my knees to block off the area.She's just living up to her name - Persephone - who was queen of the underworld.

I have dutifully read the third Locked Tomb book and quite liked it: not as much as Gideon the Ninth but much more than Harrow the Ninth. I am spending the rest of my gift voucher on the Rivers of London books which are much more to my taste . I don't think my ordeal is quite over as eldest daughter has informed me that a fourth book will be forthcoming, which I was hoping  she wouldn't have heard.