3 days to go!

There are only three days left on the bidding for the mooring at Fradley and so far, no one else has put a bid in, so I am still in line to get it for it's reserve price! However I have heard that, with auctions, people generally only bid near the closing time so I have to hold my breath until 1300 hours on Monday 23rd.
I have been checking out the possibility of getting a generator to help me maintain my batteries out on the canal. It would mean I would have to run my engine less often which would save me money. However the cost of a generator that has the right specs is around £300 so I may have to wait a while as the priorities money wise are paying for the mooring, getting the boat's bottom blacked and engine serviced in January and also saving for the BW licence due in the Spring. Still, it's definitely something worth keeping in mind.
I have to say that, apart from being excited about the prospect of moving, I am also quite nervous. It is so safe and secure in the marina. I don't have to worry about where the power is coming from and life has settled into a calm routine. I also don't have to commute to work! But I have changed so much in the last year that I need to be somewhere that fits with the person I am becoming, even if that means life gets a little more difficult. When I arrived, the fences, gates and busy-ness of this place didn't bother me really. But now every time I unlock a gate or trip over yet another prohibition sign or get yet another comment about dogs and leads from the marina office, my frustration levels rise and the feeling of claustrophobia gets worse.
Out on the canal, I will be responsible for all parts of my life, from the practicalities of power and disposing of poo, to how I will settle in to this new place, learning I hope from the mistakes I made when I arrived here at Barton. It will be a new challenge but I believe it is right for me at this stage of my development. If I am wrong I only have to stay for 6 months and then, as long as I give 2 months notice, I can leave the canal side mooring and perhaps scuttle back to the womb of a marina!