Rather than doing a series of separate posts, I thought I would give you a quick summary of what’s happened in my life since 14 June 2005, as well as what is going to happen over the next few months.

24 Llwynon Road
Rachel and I finally had the keys to our new house on Friday 15 July, after a delay to our completion date of about 2 weeks, due to the fact that the Sellers decided at the last minute to add a chain to our transaction i.e. they wanted to complete on the house they were purchasing before they completed their sale of 24 Llwynon Road. We were a bit miffed about this because we learnt of this the day before we were expecting to complete, on 30 June. It was a good job that Rachel wouldn’t let me book anything or order anything until we had the keys, because otherwise I would have had egg on my face.

Anyway, we got the keys last Friday, and we are so thrilled about it. We went to see the house after picking up the keys on Friday, and it was so surreal entering *our* house. We got there around 3pm, and stayed till 7pm. Rachel’s parents and her brother Oliver came over after Oliver finished school, followed by Rachel’s grandparents, and then my parents, Kirsty and Sam came over. Rachel’s dad, grandparents, and Kirsty and Sam were the only ones who hadn’t seen the house up to that point. All were really thrilled with it.

We had a pleasant surprise upon entering the house: the Sellers had left their tumble dryer and their dining table and four chairs. We knew they were leaving their fridge/freezer, and we were surprised to see that it was practically new. So we’ve been very lucky with the house, and we’re really excited.

I will post a separate post later on when I have pictures ready and will submit boring things like plans of rooms. I bet you can’t wait!

Training Contract
There haven’t really been any developments on the training contract front. A quasi-legal agreement has been approved between RAD and SWLLC, and SWLLC have submitted an application to the Legal Services Commission for funding for my training, and things are progressing with the Law Society side of things too. I’m still hoping for a September 2005 start.

Croydon
I am officially moving out to Stephen Dering’s flat in Sandilands on 6 August 2005.

I think that’s about it for now.