Startinng to tell people

I asked Yasmine this morning if she wanted our apartment (no, but ask Stephanie*) which lead to me telling her we'll be gone by the end of October or early November. She's sad, like she always said she would be.

Lucinda and Stefan came round this morning and I got around to telling her that we're leaving soon. Yuck, not enjoying this part. Feel like my head is still in the sand and I'm happy to leave it there.

I found myself getting teary in the supermarket this afternoon for no reason. Well, a silly reason - I looked up at the clock and saw today's date underneath. That's what choked this up. Cos then I started thinking about how nice the people are to me in Migros. Friendly. Even without the language. And how it's all coming to an end.

I really need to pace myself. This is going to be a long emotional journey. And I have to remember that we think it's the right time to return. It's good. Not all good, but mostly good. And we've had far longer here than we could have have imagined. We've been really lucky.

Uggghhhh, I'm tearing up again.

*Stephanie asked later if she and her husband could come round on Saturday to look at the apartment. They want a place with a garden so not sure if our place is what they're looking for. But Stephanie has been here before (she was my French teacher for a while) so she knows basically what the apartment looks like.