Hines - SO happy you’re excited! Enjoy…

I love those words you quoted. It reminds me of a story I often tell when I give book readings. A woman pulls into a gas station and says to the attendant, ‘tell me, I’m moving to this town next week, what’s it like?’ ‘Well,’ says he, ‘what’s the last place you lived like?’ ‘Awful,’ she says. ‘The people were rude and unpleasant, we never made any friends, I hated it.’ ‘I think you’ll find it’s pretty much the same here,’ he says. A week later, another woman pulls into the same gas station and says to the same attendant, ‘I’m moving here with my family next week. How will we like it?’ ‘Well,’ he says again, ‘what’s the last place you lived like?’ ‘Wonderful!’ she sighs. ‘Everyone was wonderful, we’ve never made so many friends. I’ve never been happier.’ ‘I think you’ll find,’ he says with a smile, ‘it’s pretty much the same here.’

It would have been more than unusual if I’d fallen in love with my landlord three days after separating…it would have been insane. I’m sorry you misunderstood - three days after separating I answered a property ad and found a house owned by a man I knew. I moved in a couple of weeks later, we became friends, and I found myself falling in love with him some months after that. Bella Mia - I love your quote about the days being long but the years being short. Thank you. (And thank you for the comments about my hair - you wouldn’t say that if you could see me now after a day in the sun…!) Jane