Now that you've spent time in the Sussex cottage, did you and John decide to buy it? I'm sorry if you've answered this before. And would you mind describing the home? I'd love to hear the lovely details.
Oh, you know I should discuss that with John.  Thank you for reminding me.  We both got so sick when we got home, and there was John getting caught up on his physical therapy, and my brother’s recovery to consider.  That little holiday seems a lifetime ago.
It’s rather large to strictly be considered a cottage, I suppose.  Though that is probably a good thing now we’ve got Emma, and a cat, and I really would like to get a dog at some point.
Like all cottages, all the bedrooms are upstairs. Â Though, there is a little room off the lounge, which I think might have been a sort of morning room, and it has many windows, and a fire place, and at some point someone renovated it to have a small attached bath. Â I think that room would make a rather lovely master bedroom. Â So, theoretically, we could have a master down, with three bedrooms and a bathroom upstairs.
The kitchen is rather nice.  Almost two of what we have here at Baker St., and there is a walk-in pantry.  Though what we would do with all that kitchen, I’ve no idea.  I might convert half of it to a laboratory. Â
There is a large back garden, with beehives, and room enough for a kitchen garden, as well as ornamental beds with bee-friendly flowers.
We would definitely need to purchase a vehicle if we lived there, however, because there is absolutely nothing in Friston East Dean, and we would most likely be going to Eastbourne constantly.
John also may have had a point about the country being a bit of a bore. Â There was nothing going on! Â Though honestly, I think the country is more rife with perversions and indiscretions than the city. Â So, after awhile, perhaps we would find a goodly number of sordid little crimes to keep us occupied.