House Shopping

It has taken 2 months, countless hours of house shopping, seeing every single townhouse for sale in a 5km radius to figure out what we want.

This is description of our ideal home:

-a townhouse, <10 years old

->1000 sqft, ~1300-1500 preferred

-walking distance to yonge and sheppard

-minimum 2 bedrooms, 3 preferred

-low maintenance fees

-underground parking, minimum 1 spot, 2 preferred

-something affordable

Now how much longer til we find this house?

If only we knew what we wanted back then, we would likely be home owners by now. Unfortunately, we were naive and hesitant and now have become desperate to find a home.

sometimes life is unfair..very unfair

i blog about this topic too much - it either means that i complain too much or that i have very unfortunate things happen to me.

it's likely both.

let's talk work - i actually like my job - it's interesting, it's as "fun" as work can be and most importantly, it's rewarding. so why is work bugging me?

because as i have been told over and over again, everything is done for political reasons - more specifically, i have learned that people who are higher up on the pole get the better view and whether that is fair or not, well, that's beyond the point.

so for that reason, i am going to smile, accept what i've been handed and quietly walk away from situations that bother me because there are battles worth fighting and then, there are battles that are not.

the future..

if the things people do in the present is an indicator of what the future will be like, i don't know if i wanna keep going in the same direction...

how do you know when enough is enough or how much something is worth fighting for?

sigh.

time to be a grown-up?

"it's the end of an era" says my roommate =)

As figurative as that is, it really is true. I haven't had much time to sit and take it all in because it's all happened so fast. We started with condo hunting to check out a few places. Then it was furniture shopping and deciding how we wanted to decorate. And then, I found myself buying a metropass because I would no longer be able to walk to work.

How did it all happen?

-Not really sure.

Oh well, that doesn't matter. What matters is now I own things. Expensive things like grown-ups do =)

(I realize that this blog makes no sense but it's about 4 in the morning and I can't sleep)

just need to breathe..

so i'm no longer as frustrated with my day to day life..i've somehow adapted to working full time, being a student, being a TA and having a life outside of work/school.

now, it's little disturbances that seem to really be getting to me. it gets me pretty worked up and so irritated.

for example, house hunting. supposed to be fun. however, it turns out it is not as fun as it sounds. especially when you are looking for something you really like for a decent price in a market that is trying to make money. lots of money. 50 something places later, we are still nowhere.

then there's annoying roommates. the ones that don't do chores, use your stuff and are just plain messy. they make me want to find a new place to live. this means house hunting. see above for how i feel about that.

sigh