Well friends...
It's been a while I know.
What's up? Well - quite a lot really.
We've had a holiday in Italy, a "groupo inglese" going from Pisa to Florence to Verona, with a little Venice thrown in. A majestic time was had by all. Met the Bertoni family and visited the vinyard & chateau (what's the Italian equiv?) and saw first hand the money that is required to upkeep one of these places. So if you're thinking "let's buy that chateau, it looks really good VFM - think again!"
Then:
We got back and everything was progressing well with the move until BANG. A week before completion we have a serious issue to resolve which involves a third party, our neighbour!
We go 1 level down (or is it up) from suicidal. Let me describe our plight. Our Pets are now boarding at kennels in the US, our daughter has left London and is wending her way to Charlotte via trips to Europe and to Nantucket. We have a sh*tload of money pre allocated to dollars - more cash than we own, so MUST sell the house. And our belongings are being tossed on the ocean waves as I write! Meanwhile, we are camping out in our own empty house on a couple of mattresses. And at that very point, we're confronted with - "It Might Not Happen!" Gosh!
Well, good news is we have nearly resolved the issue. It will probs delay the completion by a couple of days, but I think we will get there in the end.
Good job I've just started reading the "meditation" section of my new book on Yoga - it really helped me get by...!
Still feeling as stressed as a squashed ballon, though....!
