The First Three Months...

...well, such a lot has happened since I moved aboard Edie.  I went through a bit of a rocky patch when not only did I decide to stop taking my medication at the same time that my therapist went sick and then took three weeks leave, but the Ex also deviously managed to contrive a meeting on Valentine's Day which resulted in panic attacks galour and lots of weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Then I went through about three weeks of withdrawal symptons - dizziness, headaches, mania etc etc.  But as they started to wear off I started to see the world through my eyes again and not some fuzzy grey-tinged spectacles.  I'm aware I was silly for not consulting my GP, and, had I known I wouldn't be seeing my therapist for over a month I probably wouldn't have done it, but I'm so glad I did.

And Edie is now replete with ginger moggies!  The cats moved aboard at the beginning of March and took to life onboard like, 'scuse the pun, the proverbial ducks to water.  Apart from one incident when Jones went AWOL for almost 24 hours things have been fine.  They've met the ditzy dog next door and quietly hiss at him from the safety of the deck rather than run for their lives and leap overboard.  Next door's part-time moggy has also let them into the fold and I really hope they all get along and become the best of friends.

At the moment we are all drinking in the late evening sunshine with the doors open and birds singing while planes fly overhead.  I'm  beginning to understand why some people would never want to live on land again after spending time on a boat.  Life is so peaceful here; time seems to slow down once you walk through the gate and along the wharf and once I'm aboard I feel so safe and happy and at peace.  I'm even starting to not feel so bad about giving up a garden for a shared wharf - my little window sills are crammed with makeshift propagators full of veggie and flower seeds for the lottie and the planters.  I've got lots of plugs that will eventually go into pots on deck - trailing plants and night scented stock.  I plan on making an oasis of peace and calm in the middle of Brentford!

So, life is good and can only get better.  Roll on summer!