Moving Again!?

 Just when I thought I'm settled im, just like that I am not.  The house I'm renting has been sold and the new owners want to move in, so I'm out house hunting again. Such a hassle, I moved in with a few items and over the last eleven months I have accumulated extra furniture and other objects.

I took a couple of days to process it when I received the notice of termination of lease. I made a 3 part plan:

1. hunt for a house

2. pack this house

3/ move to the new house

That weekend I went to a couple of advertised property inspections.  I nearly applied for the first one but I thought better of it. Somehow my mathematical brain thinks choosing the first one is sub-optimal, I mean who's to say that the next ones aren't going to be better than this first one.  So I considered it as a baseline and moved on. After  the second inspection, I realised that ease of moving was also going to be a factor, so narrow passages, steep hills, stairs, etc. are going to be a problem. 

Two properties in one weekend, This is not good. I have 25 days to secure a new domicile and at this rate I may not find anything suitable in time. So the next morning, before my shift, I made a list of 10 properties that I will look at from the street and gather as much info as I can. This is also handy as I can get a feel for the neighbourhood by actually standing there.

I covered 50 kms up and down the mountain.  I got to 8 properties on my list before I had to disengage and go to work.  I was starting to feel panicky about my choices. The ones I really liked were significantly more expensive than my current place. It would be an extra 100 or so dollars  week, I'm almost sorry I quit smoking years ago, because if I was smoking a couple of packs a week, I would just quit and voila  I have an extra 100 bucks from the cigs I stopped buying.

I did find a place, I'm moving in a week's time. It's 40 bucks a week dearer, but hey it could have been worse.

Now time to work on the next 2 steps of the plan.  Wish me luck, or even better, help me fucking move if you're free.

It's been a year, well nearly

 About a year ago I started envisioning my new life in my new job in the mountains. It was a crazy dream back then, but do mind, at that time I was in the middle of my dark trifecta (jobless, homeless, and broke).  When this job opportunity came up, it was too good to be true. I had to talk myself into dreaming this new life. If I get the job my life would be so much better, When I get this dream job, it would be amazing. B-but what if I don't get the job? I'll worry about that after it happens, but I should just allow myself to dream.

A lot's happened in a year. This year 2020 akk! Bushfires, floods, the COVID-19 pandemic, and as I type this -the world awaits what kind of America will we have for the next 4 years.

At Hogwarts, we've come a long way back from the days of lockdown. Students have a buffet breakfast, lunch, and dinner -take away or dine in (social distanced of course). Fine dining has returned for restricted sittings Wednesday and Thursday evenings.  Cafe is also now opening week nights as well as the bar.

It's as close to normal as we have ever been since the pandemic broke out. I am so grateful we are in this position.