Carlton
Things have been relatively calm and settled down even. We moved into a sharehouse to sublet a room and it turns out that one of the housemates was moving out just as our sublet ended, so we just moved across the hall into her room. Easiest move ever. I like the house a lot. Two bathrooms w showers, a garden and a yard, a nice open plan kitchen, gas stove, gas grill and even a dishwasher although it isn't working so well right now. We are living w two people right now, one of whom is out of town every other week and the other whom works two jobs and has a rather nocturnal schedule, so often times it is just us at home. I am really enjoying it. It is nice to use all the kitchen things we have. The location is great - close to a really good movie theatre and a nice library and all sorts of markets. I like how Australia still has butchers, fruit and veg stores, and bookstores.
My favorite thing is probably the garden. It is spring here and plants are growing. I planted tomatoes, basil and various lettuces. We do have a snail problem, but I have started figuring out what they don't like. It is very rewarding to plant things and have them grow. It is also nice to live in a house that already has everything we need like a vacuum cleaner, and every cooking pan/utensil you could want. I find the living room very comfy as well and we have apple tv and netflix set up.
We can stay here until at least January 10, and probably longer if we want. Current plan is Tasmania in January, Adelaide in March and the US in August. Our rent is relatively low, so I am probably going to lean towards keeping this place. We even have a comfy bed, not on the floor. We had a storage unit for the few months we were moving around the city, and now it is empty - it would've been way too easy to leave stuff in there forever.
I'm still going to water aerobics 3xwk and socializing w people afterwards on two of the days. I have a tentative art date with a woman I met at water aerobics on some Tuesdays, and Monday is cheap day at our local cinema. This week I saw The Lobster, which was some very funny and very dark humor. Still going to cinematheque every weds night and socializing w people before that starts each week. So, even though I don't feel like I have made lasting friends really, I do feel like there are people I chat w every week, so that is good. Plus now we live with people, so that is plenty of people in my life. I feel like I am starting to get a routine in place which is nice. On Saturdays we often go to farmers markets and out to our favorite local coffee place. Melbourne is an easy city once you sort out work and where to live. There are so many events and movies and festivals going on.
We are still going to work on getting rid of stuff even though it would be so easy to let it all pile up.
My favorite thing is probably the garden. It is spring here and plants are growing. I planted tomatoes, basil and various lettuces. We do have a snail problem, but I have started figuring out what they don't like. It is very rewarding to plant things and have them grow. It is also nice to live in a house that already has everything we need like a vacuum cleaner, and every cooking pan/utensil you could want. I find the living room very comfy as well and we have apple tv and netflix set up.
We can stay here until at least January 10, and probably longer if we want. Current plan is Tasmania in January, Adelaide in March and the US in August. Our rent is relatively low, so I am probably going to lean towards keeping this place. We even have a comfy bed, not on the floor. We had a storage unit for the few months we were moving around the city, and now it is empty - it would've been way too easy to leave stuff in there forever.
I'm still going to water aerobics 3xwk and socializing w people afterwards on two of the days. I have a tentative art date with a woman I met at water aerobics on some Tuesdays, and Monday is cheap day at our local cinema. This week I saw The Lobster, which was some very funny and very dark humor. Still going to cinematheque every weds night and socializing w people before that starts each week. So, even though I don't feel like I have made lasting friends really, I do feel like there are people I chat w every week, so that is good. Plus now we live with people, so that is plenty of people in my life. I feel like I am starting to get a routine in place which is nice. On Saturdays we often go to farmers markets and out to our favorite local coffee place. Melbourne is an easy city once you sort out work and where to live. There are so many events and movies and festivals going on.
We are still going to work on getting rid of stuff even though it would be so easy to let it all pile up.