At last an offer.

The day before I left, Saturday 18th, we had a third viewing of the house by a couple from Mullion, this time with their builder. This arrangement sounded very positive as they wanted to get estimates from him on work they would like to do to convert part of the house into a self-contained flat. Unfortunately the mad woman was in one of her moods caused by Lorcan an I offering a spare room to one of his cousins who had recently returned from living in Wales and was sleeping in a tent in a friends back garden. With all the spare space in our house I could not see a problem. But yet again I overestimated her capacity for compassion. She went off on one on the Friday night when we arrived home and wouldn't let go. When she is drunk she can be like a dog with a bone. Both Lorcan and myself having been down the pub for a few hours probably didn't help with her mood.

Saturday morning with the crucial third viewing looming she was threatening to put a stop to it, just out od spite. Shee seems hell bent on staying in the house and forcing us to co-habit forever. Trying hard to understand her motives in this ploy, as she constantly reminds me that I am her biggest problem and that she hates me, I asked her if '"she was still so much in love with me that she couldn't bear to have the house sold so we would have to spend the rest of out days together" as I cannot afford to live elsewhere while I am still paying the mortgage and the bills. If looks could kill I would not be writing this now but a fine wake would have been held at the Blue.

Anyway she finally calmed down and hid in her room whilst the prospective buyers came around.

The Monday after, once I was in China, they made an offer. After some negotiating on the price, and a lot of convincing the mad woman that we would not get a better one as the last one was around 18 months ago, we agree a price and with fingers crossed we will be sold up and on our seperate ways within a couple of months. Although she is still banging on about not signing any papers and will scupper the sale. God knows what is going through her head as she seems determined to scupper any chance we have on moving on with our lives.

Anyway she does make life a little bit interesting and looking back, even while in the middle of this madness I have to laugh.