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[fightingthecage]

I have a brand new 40" flatscreen TV. It is awesome. And enormous. I'm surprised how much I love it, given that I don't watch much TV and I've been resisting mothers' efforts to buy me a new one for about a year now. But this one was on sale and so I gave in and it is beautiful. Even when it's not being watched, it makes my living room look shiny.

On the subject of living rooms, I may soon have a new one. As in, I might be moving. I went to see a house this morning and I wasn't expecting much because I drove past it the other day and it's on an estate (MASSIVE UGH! I HATE ESTATES!) and looks pretty bland on the outside. However! Today I got to look inside it and although it's in need of some serious redecoration - which the landlord should have finished by the time I move in, if I do - it has three bedrooms, a pretty big living room, a huge kitchen, a utility room (OMG the luxury), a downstairs toilet/shower, an upstairs bathroom with a bath (haven't had one of those for two years, AWESOME!) and outside - omg, outside. There's a small front lawn which I thought was the extent of the garden and was a bit 'meh' about because I want somewhere where Evie can run around when she, y'know, learns how to do that. BUT NO! At the back there is a huge space which consists of another big lawn, a big patio, a huge decking area with built-in barbeque and another space for parking that will fit two more cars. And a pond. Plus a front driveway and two outhouses - one looks like a massive garage space and the other a little work area for tools and stuff.

In short, it ticks all the boxes, apart from the one where it's on an estate. I wanted a bath, a garden for Evie, and a driveway because I'm sick of parking on the main road. The only thing it doesn't have that I would have liked is an open fire but I wasn't expecting to get that living this close to a city. It's also in the same village I live in now so I won't have to change doctors etc, and there's a good primary school for Evie very close by. it's definitely a house I could live in for the next four years or so. Awesome!

Now I just need to get everything approved and signed. I hate this part, it's always a drag. I don't even know if I'll be accepted for it but there's no big reason why not, I think, so here's hoping. I've paid the application fees (£170 omg, and it's non-refundable) and just need to wait and see now. I would chew my nails if I did that but I dont. So.

Work is OK, Evie is brill (just properly cut a top front tooth, d'aww), Steve is lovely, mother is...not here, so that's OK, and has also been quite livable-with for the last couple of days...all in all, stuff is pretty damn good. Now I just need to get started on some college stuff so it can be done before September and try and negotiate work hours for the new college year and I will be sorted for the next few years. Cool.

I should also do some proper training for the half marathon I'm supposed to do in October. Yes. That's getting quite pertinent now. *eyes running gear* Perhaps I should not have skived the gym today.

Still. House! Maybe!

Comments

[ashen_key]

Oooh, that sounds like a LOVELY place. Hopefully you'll get it!

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