So, no 'Get out of London free' card

Not yet, anyway. The only university K hadn't heard back from was the Cornish one, but they e-mailed her yesterday with a 'no' - she hasn't been offered a place there. She was more annoyed than disappointed, while I was so preoccupied with other stuff - yesterday was a pretty thorough headfuck for me, for reasons that I'm not going to discuss, even in a pseudonymous environment - that the sense of loss of opportunity that I might have felt wasn't really there. So it's going to be either the South Coast or the nearest to London option for K, and, probably, three more years, at least, of the hamster wheel for me. Great.

Love & best wishes to all
Sammy B