Good night all, it's taken me a while to catch up on reading this thread properly.
I must confess I haven't read emails properly today either, and I saw runny's email earlier but didn't quite understand it - I didn't open it up or click the link properly. runnyhabit, what a lovely idea your pressie to the thread was.
Sadly I had a row with dp this afternoon, fortunately my kind dad came round to say goodbye before we go away just at the point where we needed a few minutes to make up, and took D for a walk to give us the much needed breathing space.
Leaky, what great news re job and relocation package, I hope you find somewhere nice in Manchester. I lived there as a student and after I returned to Leeds used to go and stay with my sister who also went to university there. Only I studied totally impractical subjects whereas she's now a consultant. Let me know if you want me to ask her view on places to live - as a student she lived in rather edgy Longsight but has moved out to somewhere nicer I don't know at all, I think still south east of the city (university and a lot of the student areas are south of the centre).
Re NB, I can totally understand that a lot of people feel very angry and a lot of what's been said that I've read, I missed some threads totally, is just outrageous. But I'm also anxious that someone I've met and who offered me some support when I was very, very low is in such a dark place. While I try to think what I might say, I am glad to know that some of you feel able to offer some support away from the thread.
Probably won't be online tomorrow morning, will try to look in when I can when away but will have limited time as the competition to use the computer at my mum's will be fierce (and in fairness, it is of course my mum's computer).