Getting tough!

It's been yet another warm and sunny day and Keith took advantage of the weather to cut the grass on the perimeter of our car park. While he was doing this, Mum, Dad and I went to see our Accountant and he advised us to start putting the pressure on our buyers to complete in the middle of June.

I can't believe that the process of selling the company (well, we're not selling the company itself, rather all the assets, the goodwill and the name) has taken so long. We are all very fed up with waiting around and our Accountant put it very well when he said it had been like us being in the Departure Lounge of an airport waiting to board a flight that had been severely delayed. I have a feeling our buyers had no intention of being in before June as they know this is when we tend to be quiet and I suppose they may want to shut down to do some refurbishment. It's not very fair on us, though!

When I got back to work, Mum and Dad left and I went out to see Keith who was still cutting the grass. Our car park is a really lovely green space and at this time of the year, with the blossom on the trees, it's beautiful. Yesterday I saw a woman arrive with a young child and she was totally absorbed with her mobile phone, which was a shame as she could have walked over to the grass with her daughter and seen the rabbits running around on the other side of the fence. We have such an abundance of wildlife here with squirrels, many types of bird and even a fox who roams around at night.

Sophie hasn't been well today at all, complaining of tummy pains and feeling very lethargic. We had two parties in the evening but she really didn't feel like doing them so it was a good job we were quiet. We managed to leave at 5pm after making sure Polly and Maureen were OK (we had a work experience girl in as well, which helped) and battled our way through the heavy traffic home. The large roundabout near us was supposed to have been finished last week (after a month's delay) but the traffic lights are still not up and running and it's chaos at rush hour!

Once home, Keith and I sat and played cards in the conservatory and watched our own little birds flit backwards and forwards as they visited our bird feeders. I saw two large crows and a magpie the other day in the garden so when we eventually sell the business I'll still be feeding these clever birds!