Things are getting better.

Good things that are happening today:

It's our first wedding anniversary: one whole year of being a respectable married couple. Well, a married couple, anyway! We are heading out to Beatrice Kennedy's tonight - it's the same restaurant where we had our post-wedding feast this day last year, and I expect it'll be just as good tonight.

I got an email from my immigration officer, letting me know that my final payment is being processed, so it should only be a short while before I get my passport back.

We finally took delivery of the kitchen unit doors and worktop, which were meant to be here over a month ago.

The estate agent came out to value the house. We will have to put it on at a much lower price than we could have done a few months ago, and it probably won't sell for a while, but he said it should actually be a good thing that we are leaving in a few weeks and the house will be lying empty, because it'll look bigger when people come to view it.

And, last but not least, I found a cool-looking spider sitting in his web outside our living room window. I have no idea what kind of spider he is, but I like his pattern.