The Sunday Salon

It’s been a very busy week for me! I’d spent the previous week looking at condos in Philadelphia—and then on Tuesday I made a bid on a place I really liked. The offer was ridiculously low, so I never thought I’d get the place. On Wednesday, I discovered that my bid had been accepted. Then, on Thursday, I made a down payment on the place! I’ll be paying it off until I’m about forty, but I think it’s going to be worth it. The closing date is October 1^st; and since I’ll be making some alterations to the apartment, I’ll be able to move in sometime at the end of October or the beginning of November. I’m so excited about all of this, I can’t tell you! I’ve been living with my parents for the past two years and I’ve saved up my money gradually; I can’t believe I’m actually taking this step! It’s exciting, but I was so nervous writing that check on Thursday night…

Although I’ve had all of that going on in the past couple of weeks, I still managed to get a bit of reading done. I’ve continued with the All Viragos All August thing, reading The Orchid House, by Phyllis Shand Allfrey and Jane and Prudence, by Barbara Pym (not a Virago edition, but I think it counts); and then I also read High Wages, by Dorothy Whipple, and The Pindar Diamond, by Katie Hickman, my LTER book for this past month. The best of these was High Wages; Dorothy Whipple is a favorite. I’m thinking about reading Henry of the High Rock, by Juliet Dymoke, next, which has been sitting on my shelf for ages.