Back online at last

Since my last post - was it really that long ago? - a lot has happened. It has taken me until a few days ago to sort out a phone line and my internet connection. It took about three weeks to discover that the reason my computer could not access the internet even though it was recognising an active connection was that the operating system was corrupted! So, I thought - do I splash out on Windows Vista (£150 - yikes!) or go the whole hog and buy a new PC (quadruple yikes!). I went for the whole new PC, complete with 19" flat screen monitor. Cool!

Anyway, as I was saying... a lot has happened over the last couple of months. Allow me to summarise:

The sale of the family home was completed in July, and I am living in my new flat permanently. have not finished furnishing it yet, but I am writing this on my new PC at my new desk, while keeping one eye on my new tv.

For a short while I was seeing Mel and Becky at the same time. But, forced to choose, I broke up with Becky. And regretted it later, because Mel began getting on my nerves again, so I broke up with her too.

Life is quiet at the moment, because I have yet to get back into the whole online dating thing again. My good friend L and I still see each other occasionally. In fact we recently went to a singles party together. It was boring. The music was too loud to be conducive to conversation beyond a range of three inches, the drinks (even the orange juice - I was driving) were over-priced and all the attractive women were too young for me. Ho hum. When she got bored, I drove L home and stayed at her place. She couldn't find any condoms so we snuggled and fell asleep instead.

Mary and I have been on good terms for the most part. A couple of weeks ago, though, I got a call from G's school to say that he had not attended classes for the past three days. Livid, I called Mary only to find she was still in bed. She told me that she had written to the school to say she was moving him to a new school, but apparently they hadn't received it. We argued, but when she explained that he was starting at a new school in a few days and offered to show me the prospectus, I was satisfied and simply asked her to explain things to the old school.

When I went to pick up G the following weekend, I found out that N had changed the home phone number because apparently Mary had been "upset by my tone of voice" and didn't like it that I had criticised her for being in bed at 8:45 in the morning. Hey??!

He is so insecure, it's funny. Anyway, just a couple of days later she inadvertently called my mobile and forgot to hide her number so I had it again. We talked and she agreed that we needed to stay in touch; she apologised for being stressed and pre-menstrual, I apologised for being critical without knowing all the facts and we are back on speaking terms.

Which, in itself is good. She has called me three times in the last two days. Mainly to talk about her ongoing persecution by the Crown Prosecution Service, who are attempting to prove that she has been living a 'life of crime' for the past 6 or more years. That's a joke - if she was living a life of crime, why were we in so much debt?! Huh? She also mentioned that she has finally found our marriage certificate, so divorce proceedings are progressing. It's going to get all legalese for a while. Oh dear. The (formal) end (of my marriage) is nigh.

Anyway, now that I am online again, I hope to resurrect my social life, and also to post here more often. Chat soon.