Gail in the office

Prof D has messaged back to say the floods are not bad in their part
of Romania, so that's good news. Liana meanwhile is still in Prague
braving it. I nearly got to Prague for a weekend a few years ago as my
sister's then boyfriend was working there. I was going to join her on
one of her visits, was just getting ready to go and then (typical) they
split up. He said I would still be welcome, but I thought it might have
been awkward and he might have been just being polite. He used to find
my hopeless love life hilarious and thought I should write a book about
it. To use a very apt expression "that's water under the bridge"...
maybe Rug and I will get there some day.

Rug is so busy travelling for work at the moment. I feel I need to go
and house-sit and look after everything at home for him so he has less
to worry about. They're pissing him about a bit with the money, now
trying to claim back some of the extra they've been paying him,
something to do with the tax. He's determined not to pay it back. I
didn't get the castle job. Never mind, something else will turn up. I
wasn't entirely sure if I wanted a full time job again anyway. I need
time to do my next writing course and to look after Rug.

Just heard that the sea lion from Prague zoo escaped and swam for it -
excellent! Hope he/she survives out in the big wide world?