Well, a lot has happened over the last few weeks. Let's see...

Ok, first things first; about a month or so back, Dave and I decided we would start looking for a new house, because we both hate our neighbours here, and it's an inconvenient style of house (we're connected with other townhouses on both sides, and the walls are bare brick, so sound travels quite well). We applied for a gorgeous little place across the road from the town cemetery, and it had a beautiful little courtyard, with walls overgrown with vines, and moss between the pavers, and the house was lovely and had a spa bath and everything. So we applied for it. And we nearly got it.

Except, along came another offer, better than that one. My parents have decided they're going to buy an investment property up on the coast, near their place, and they would rent it to us for a very reasonable price. This gives Dave and I the opportunity to leave Canberra, which means a fresh start, somewhere warmer and somewhere near the beach. My God, the beach... it's a damned distant memory for me sometimes. I don't know whether it's just because I grew up near the ocean, or if it's something deeper, maybe spiritual or whatever (I'm not a spiritual person, so I'm hardly going to speculate on it, but it has been suggested that because I'm a Scorpio and Scorpio is a water sign, I crave large expanses of water), but if I don't get to be near the ocean with some kind of regularity, I go a little crazy. I just crave the ocean like nothing else. So moving back to the Central Coast will mean beaches! And lakes! And ocean! And most of all, it means being near my family again.

The other awesome bit of news is, when we move up to the coast (because we have already decided that's what will be happening), I'm going to go back to uni. I'm going to study a Ba of Arts, double majoring in Japanese and Writing. People always look down on Ba. Arts degrees (and I admit, I used to be one of them), but now, as far as I can see, it's a degree that I can customise to my own needs, to ensure that I'll be learning the skills that I need and can apply in my future as both a writer and as a Japanese teacher. So I'll be returning to the world of study, and I'll be doing something that I know I will enjoy. Also, Dave is considering doing Open Foundation by correspondence so he can keep working, and apply for uni to study (most likely) Psychology.

The other OTHER awesome part of the story is, when we move into the house that Mum and Dad are buying/building, we'll be able to paint it and decorate it however we want. And WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET A KITTEN!! Eee, I'm so excited.

So, back to the kefuffle with the cemetery house; we had told them we needed to know the result of our application 21 days in advance so we could give sufficient notice to our current landlord, and then, on the day we were calling them to tell them to cancel our application, they called us to say that they had passed on our application for approval from the home-owner. I was so bummed. I really liked that house, and it got me really down to think we were so close to getting a house I would have loved, especially when the rental market in Canberra is so difficult to deal with. But we stood by our plans and said, thanks but no thanks, things have changed. They were really nice about it too, which made it a lot easier.

Other than that, it's just been work work work, mixed in with some pretty heavy family drama. I'm not going to expand on it here, because it's not my business (it's Dave's family that are having troubles), but suffice to say, it's been pretty rough for him. I'm just doing my best to be there for him.

So that's been my month in a slightly more expanded nutshell than I'd intended

Oh, and I put my Nano Novel away again *headdesk* I don't think the story is working well anymore, so I'm putting it away until I can think clearly about it.