10th March: Exhausted

We are worn out, wrung out, exhausted. The BIRCH regime requires a lot of travelling (me driving) and doubled effort from Simon. Meanwhile I going to work and trying to close the sale on our house at Brighton. With luck the house will be sold and gone by Monday lunchtime. It will be a great weight off us - we have been carrying $700,000 in mortgage payments for the last four months with interest rates rising each month. I was trained in economics and taught never to be scared of large numbers, but when it is personal like this, it is not so simple. I hope that next week we will climb out of this. Phew!

I think that the Beijing trip is on for June. Anyone care to meet us there?

Marian x