Paid the bond today :) Cost a pretty penny but Mummy-dearest gave me some money to help me out. I will save it and put it towards useful things rather than spending it on pretty things. The agency is trying to track down previous tenants who FORGOT to put in their keys but luckily one of the girls knows them so we’re hunting for them. With any luck we’ll have keys in our hands or at least the agreement signed by Friday / Monday. So exciting. I am now hopefully switching bank accounts and opening a new one so I can get my money system happening. Then packing and moving and change of addressing and things.
Lou's Life List
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1. learn to drive
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2. learn to dance
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3. learn to play piano
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4. Design my own house
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5. own a house
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6. have a garden
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7. work at a bookstore
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8. Keep a journal
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9. become a costume designer
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How I did it: Find your book. Mine was "The Tale of Desperaux" by Kate DiCamillo, the before-movie version :) I had been wanting to read this book ever since I saw the movie trailer and was definitely surprised. The book though aimed at children is sophisticated and deals with a lot of important issues. I hope DiCamillo's whimsical writing translated into the film. Get yourself comfy. You can't read properly if your mind is cluttered with … Read how I did it…
How I did it: My friend and I had always wanted to go to an Art Gallery together. I like art for the stories and emotion. I think he likes art because of the aesthetics. That's the good thing about art, you can like it for different reasons and dislike it for others. It was raining quite horribly and we decided we didn't want to make the treck into the city to visit the Gallery of Modern Art. Instead, we went to the tiny local one. Sometimes they have … Read how I did it…
How I did it: I do this all the time actually :) Especially when I find a particularly great book. Sometimes I take more than a day but if you add up the hours I spent reading, it works out to be a day. Haha.1. Find your "great novel". It can be anything from a full-blown "literary classic" to a trashy Mills & Boon novel. Whatever takes your fancy.2. Get yourself comfortable. I usually like to read curled up in bed or on on a long train trip. I lik… Read how I did it…
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Just got the call and found out we were approved for this perfect house. Five girls, six bedrooms, two bathrooms, right near work and a uni bus interchange – heaven. Costs a pretty penny. It’s a darling house.
I haven’t driven since April and Dad’s all “don’t worry it’ll all come flooding back to you”. Well it most certainly did not. I had completely forgotten everything and he just sat and yelled at me. Apparently I should know everything. Apparently I don’t acknowledge that I’m going to have to practice. Apparently I’m throwing in the towel and being ungrateful. I can only take so much of somebody yelling at me about how crap I am and how I’m just never going to get it. The only reason I started learning was because everyone at age 16 + 17 starts to learn to drive and Dad was so enthusiastic. I hate it.


