waiting with baited breath...

Just a quick update on the mooring situation. I have filled out the form and sent it in and am now waiting with baited breath to hear from British Waterways that all is well.

I was going to wait till I had heard before informing the marina staff, but I needn't have worried - someone else helpfully did it for me! It's another reason I can't wait to leave the marina, it's so much like a small village - everybody wants to know your business and if you tell one person something, it's around the entire marina by nightfall! I can't blame them though - it's my fault for not keeping my mouth shut, a curse that has been with me all my life! I was so pleased to have won the auction that I went and told at least three people. So yesterday the marina staff member phoned me and said that I should have given 3 months notice! 3 months - I hardly know what I'm going to do next week, let alone in 3 months time. Still, she graciously said that they would accept one month, but then went on to ask some very pointed questions about my next mooring and why I was leaving the marina. I really hope she doesn't decide to make life difficult for me - until I definitely have the mooring, she could mess things up for me.

I have to keep reminding myself that if it is meant to be, then I will get the Fradley mooring. If something happens to stop me taking up the mooring, then I really don't think I could stay in the marina. If I have to, I'll just take off and hope I find somewhere to live and work before I starve!! Yes, my freedom is that important to me now. It has sort of crept up on me, I never used to be particularly conscious of restrictions to my freedom - it was the price I paid to be in 'mainstream' society, with a career, house, church etc. But now, the mere fact of having to unlock a gate every day to get out irks me and when I am told by the marina where I can and can't walk and what I can and can't say to my friends, then a feeling of screaming claustrophobia comes over me!

So - anxious times, but not for long as the mooring agreement is due to start on the 8th, so I should here before that.