Not for a while but a couple of months earlier than first planned. Ben’s job finishes in the middle of June and the contract for this house is up at the end of June as well. Originally Kita and I were thinking along the lines of keeping the place in Reading until the end of August but over the last few days it has occurred to me that staying here probably isn’t the greatest idea.
Money is tight, no doubt about that and the two of us cant really afford to pay for this place with just our salaries. We probably could stretch it and dig into the wedding savings but in all honesty I’d rather that money go towards a great day than having a spare bedroom basically.
Also Reading well, just doesn’t/hasn’t really cut it for me. Actually I don’t really think it’s the place just, well how few people we know. I think Kita and I have made some good friends through work which is great but we’ve both got friends in other places who we’re used to seeing regularly but are now having to adjust to seeing them less often. I guess though that this is all part of being in the ‘real’ world.
Uni is comparatively a bit of a doddle, 2/3 hours at a particular place at a certain time means it is a lot easier to see whoever you want more or less whenever and heck if you miss a lecture, so what but work, well, got to be there basically. Working 8/9 hours a day though means the evening is generally just for relaxing. Well it is for Kita, I guess my work being not particularly stressful or busy could be considered a blessing but it isn’t (that’s another post).
Finally, moving at the end of August as originally planned could well have been one stress to many with the wedding only being a couple of weeks away at that point. Hopefully now, moving earlier and having a good couple of months to get settled in should put us in a much better frame of mind come the wedding.
July will no doubt be an interesting month for us. Hopefully I’ll find a sofa in Reading I can crash on for a few days in the week. Like I said I’ve made some good friends here and I’m fairly confident that would be ok. I’ll likely take the last week of July off as well like the intern before me did, I can see why she did that now.
So that’s the new and revised plan. If you’re around at the end of June all help will be greatly appreciated, much like this year.
Dan