05.06.08
In real time..
A break away from the norm. Since I’m sure most people aren’t bothering to click that one more time to see my awesome pictures and read the travel tales.. I can’t believe it’s already been a month since we got back! I really need to finish journalling…
What’s going on with me? Lots of stuff. But I’m having trouble putting it in any kind of logical order – so you will have to deal with my mess. Sorry.
We’re looking at houses – to buy. Maybe… sort of. Which is incredibly scary. Especially when the money we are spending essentially does not belong to us. So… yeah. We almost bought one a week ago – until the pest inspector saved us a whole lotta cash by informing us there was major structural issues.
We’re thinking about next year.. a lot. I guess the whole house buying thing has been a major trigger. Options have been weighed and opinions sought. No decisions as yet… but we have plenty of time for that. Things are becoming less foggy, however.
Yet… we’re still in Quakers Hill and we’ll be here for at least another 6 months… so we’re also trying not to get ahead of ourselves! We have responsibilities here and now – and we need to be faithful to that.
I guess I don’t know how I feel about leaving. It’s been in the plan ever since I dreamed of going to college (before Haoran came along). But alot of people have been quite shocked at the news (usually when I mention it in casual conversation – not realising that it’s news). Is moving from the Western suburbs to the Inner West like moving countries? I guess I’ll see QH people as much as I see Eastern Suburbs people now.
I really do feel like it’s time. Basically all my original friends from way back in 2000 when I arrived in Sydney have all gotten married and left. A missionary family came back from overseas recently whom I had known quite well while they were here – and it came home to me that I was probably one of only a few people they would have recognised out of our congregation.
Haoran has been in ‘missionary mode’ during his time in QH and to go back to the eastern suburbs was always a home-coming. Yet his home has changed and evolved while he was gone. People have left and moved on. So perhaps we are both homeless… maybe that is why making a new home together is so appealing.
I am looking forward to making new friends together – up until now it has very much been ‘your friends’ and ‘my friends’. Although there is always the theory that it’s harder to make friends the older you get…
Anyway my ‘real time’ post has ended up being a ‘future time’post… Right now: I’m trying to ignore the vague feeling that I probably should be doing some work, staring at my half-finished lunch, and feeling slightly tired after going to the gym during my lunch hour.
Back with the last few days in London soon….