under another sun

More chats with Keith today. Phone calls about the survey we are going to have done on our house by our buyers. Generally feeling a bit edgy and finding concentration a bit hard. Worrying about lots of thing simultaneously at present.  Dusty dolls this lunchtime. They may not be the best cleaners in the world, but I very much how cheery they are. A walk this afternoon just up to the hillfort. Finished the novel Heaven , by Mieko Kawakami, which Toby had told me to read. Excellent book. Sam off to see his Dad and stay in London with Jade this evening. Lorraine at a Governors meeting, so I ate pasta and watched Star Trek The Next Generation, which seems even more dated than the first series but is great fun. Lorraine home from her meetings, and we enjoyed being together. Lively thunder storm tonight. Loved it. I happened to be wearing my teeshirt with a lightning strike on it for the first time in ages, and showed this to Lorraine claiming to be a thunder god. Snapped these two snaps...

Confirmation today from Michael that Angie and Richard, the likeable couple in the house we want to buy, have accepted our offer on the Seaford property. Sent off solicitor details and so on. Finished doing my accounts and sent these off to my accountant David.  A lot has happened this week.  Decided to go for a long walk this afternoon, as the weather was good for it. Good to process everything that has happened this week. Ended up doing 17 thousand paces during the day, which is the most I have done in a while, certainly since I had covid. Took my camera and took snaps in the woods and edges of town listening to an audiobook called Heaven, by Mieko Kawakami, which Toby recommended as he and Romy had both enjoyed it. It is about bullied teenagers, and is quite fascinating and strangely philosophical. Went on a roundabout walk ending up in Stanmer Woods and back home. Sat in the garden afterwards sipping a beer.  Lorraine home and Sam went out and collected a Friday curry...