OK, so here’s
a slightly condensed version of the things that happened to me over my crazy summer.
Things started so well when Andy, my other half, had a choice of three jobs lined up which
were going to keep us going till the autumn when my teaching work would kick
back in.
BUT then
all three jobs mysteriously fell through for various bizarre reasons which were nothing to do with his skills or personality, leaving us with no clue as to how to pay
our bills over the summer.
THEN a
lovely friend offered us his flat in Cardiff Bay and told us to take a break to
chill out and rethink what to do. We had a fabulous week in the glorious
sunshine, stopping off to briefly perform at the Cardiff Science Festival.
ONLY to come
home and find our house had been broken into – Grrr!
HOWEVER after
a few weeks of unpleasant wrangling with our insurance company they suddenly
stumped up enough money to fix damage, replace stuff and have a bit left over
to cover some bills.
THEN I heard
the news that an old friend from college had died. His wife was one of my closest friends in
college, and we’ve stayed in touch over the years so I went up to London for
the funeral which was a lovely send off for the crazy Billy Danby.
BUT it was
good to reconnect with some very old friends, and after a few difficult years
with the universe being very unkind to me and my other half, I started to feel
like myself again.
SO I’ve
started rewriting my first novel – mad wrestlers and bad mothers – I don’t care
if it works, I’m writing this one for myself.
There are
quite a few other things that have started going well for me and Andy, but I’ll
have to tell you about Maskelyne, Harvard, Qatar and copper plating another
day.
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