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.