Phew. Life has been a bit interesting. When I last wrote an entry, my husband had suggested that we sell the house and buy two smaller ones next to each other. I looked into it, and of course, as expected, there was no way that could be afforded. The idea was that if - or rather when - we ended the marriage, we sold up, and split the proceeds.

This would leave my husband with a nice deposit on his next place, but it would leave me in a difficult position. I work part time, so that I am available for the kids. Like most part time jobs, I am not well paid. I do not earn enough to have a

No work today! Have been writing for my course assignment, but my mind keeps drifting to a comment made in 'chat' last night, so am dipping in here to get it off my chest. It was suggested that I am becoming addicted to chat - which I took as a joke and asked whether I should 'wean myself off', to be floored by a curt response 'maybe'. If you have read my first blog (now deleted) you may know that I had developed something of an addictive personality over the last couple of years - escapism I guess - but it is something I have dealt with, and so I took the comment to heart and started