WeeManDan

Monday, Kita and I got the keys to our new flat in Southsea and my, it felt so good to be there again. Perhaps it was just the glorious sunshine or the excitement of a new place to live but it felt a hundred times better a place to be than Reading.

The flat’s pretty much as we’d been promised (just waiting on a shower to be fitted at the moment) and everything seems to have gone smoothly. I’ll be honest I was expecting something to go wrong or to cost us more than I’d originally thought.

Now it’s just a case of moving out of Reading and cleaning Centurion Close. I’ve boxed a fair bit of the house already and so this evening I’ll be loading the first van full. All being well the majority of our stuff will be in our new flat by the end of the weekend.

Dan

There are many reasons to look forward to August:

• I’ll be enjoying work again
• We’ll hopefully be all settled in Portsmouth
• More of the wedding should be finalised and in place

Let me ellaborate. Work at the moment feels stagnant and slow. Unfortunately I’ve got to the time where I’m just ‘finishing things off’ and ‘tyeing up the loose ends’. That would be fine if the loose ends were the final strands of exciting and interesting work but alas they’re not and nor has there really been much work in those categories.

Come August I’ll be back in a busy, growing, dynamic department. Work flat out from 8 ’til 6 and I can’t wait. Something I’ve learnt this year in a big way is that I’m something of a workaholic. At the moment I miss coming home from work and being tired because you’ve given a hundred and ten percent. At the moment I come home tired because my brain hasn’t really been turned on during the day.

Of course come the middle of August and I’ll no doubt be bitching I’m tired and when I do please redirect me here

Thanks,

Dan

So this is a little bit of old news but good news none the less and worth posting about. We’ve got a new place in Southsea sorted and as a bonus it’s probably a better place than the previous flat.

It’s still a two bed but this place has a larger lounge, a kind of odd walk in larder cupboard and its still pretty close to the beach. The whole flat complex is being renovated and the flat we’ve got has had a really nice refurb job, new carpets, new lino etc. When we viewed it last Friday it was still having the final touches painted!

Of course I’m/we’re still a little wary after how badly handled the last flat was (a blog post that should have happened) but so far, fingers crossed, things seem to be going well.

The plan is still the same, ‘move in’ on the 15th or possibly the 17th June then the weekend of the 20th/21st move everything out of Reading. Sadly Kita can’t get that weekend off work at all so any hands to help are greatly appreciated!

Dan

4 years on and the right words are still hard to find, they still escape me.

I am blessed though, truly blessed with a wonderful fiancée who has given me the space I need to think things through and hold me when I need holding. Blessed with wonderful friends and family who are there for me and help as best as they can in these circumstances.

I’m also thankful for being able to take time out for the first time in 4 years. No exams to worry about or coursework to finish and so I can be still and reflect.

Having said that there are worries and concerns. Our flat in Southsea has fallen through and so we’re off down to Portsmouth tomorrow. Whilst I like the city and its nice to be there doesn’t exactly tie in with how I saw this long weekend break going when I first booked the time off.

Oh well, one year just maybe I’ll be able to be quiet and still but then perhaps its a blessing in disguise that at the moment I can’t be.

4 years on and yeah, these words aren’t the right ones either.

Dan

Seems things are really starting to fall into place, housing wise and wedding wise.

Yesterday Kita put down the holding deposit on our flat in Southsea and as I’m sure you’ve read her job has all been sorted as well The flat we’ve got is the one we wanted, mercifully no one else went for it whilst we were waiting to hear about Kita’s job.

It’s a little bit quirky as a place but it is a good size, has a second bedroom which will make an ideal study and a terrace garden. I say qwerky but that’s not the right word, perfect? Well it’s pretty close. The kitchen is a little small for my liking but meh, it’s a tiny thing not even a niggle and for the rent we’ll be paying, honestly I don’t think we could have dreamed for anything better.

I’m looking forward to having a study for the first time and a decent sized desk in a fairly long while as well. I’m looking forward to having separate places to sleep, relax and work. Since going to Uni, that being the first time I’ve done much work away from school it’s always felt a little odd sleeping in the same room as all my computer bits and pieces. Of course in my first year of Uni it was worse then that as you try and cram in all your entertainment into the same room as well. Now though I’m looking forward to having room to spread out somewhat, to having those separate rooms for work and play. There’s something almost feng shui about it!

We’re also going to have a two week overlap renting wise between Southsea and Reading to make life a little easier, so no need to put stuff in storage etc.  We get the keys (references pending) on the 15th June and then the plan is to pretty much move in over the weekend of the 20th/21st. Friends on the Isle of Wight, free?

Between now and then I guess it’s a case of starting to box things up again and deep cleaning the house in Reading.

Man does it feel good that things have fallen into place.

Dan