Monthly Archives: February, 2009
The flat!
I promised my mum (who I usually call mam) that I would take some photos of the new flat for her. So while I was over there this afternoon I did so. Here are a few of them for those who were wondering what it looks like… We begin our tour in the living room, …
Moving day part one
I’m moving the first lot of stuff over to my flat today. Jan has got a car from 1pm so this afternoon all the smaller things that I can manage to live without for the next week will be off on its travels. Then next Saturday at 11:30 I’ll be doing the official handover of …
I have the power!
I went to pick up the key to my new flat today, which meant I got to see it freshly painted and without other people’s furniture in it. It was most exciting. Of course, I took a few things over there with me. Nothing big or important – just a couple of books and two …
Money matters
I spent an hour at the bank this morning. I am now officially skint. I had to open a very specific bank account, a Mietkautionskonto, into which I paid the deposit for my flat. The point in this account is that it belongs to me but I am not allowed to take any money out …
I have made a decision…
I was going to move out on Saturday, but since I’m going to have to pay rent for March in both places no matter what I’ve now decided to do it a week on Saturday instead. This has a lot to do with the fact that I have so far managed to pack exactly one …
And they sailed away for a year and a day…
In the course of my wanderings through the blogosphere I’ve come across some great people. Amazing, funny, crazy and daring people. People who write brilliant blogs, make me laugh and make me think. People who inspire me and make me believe that anything is possible. One of these people is the hilariously funny Home Office …
Doing ten things at once
I have a feeling this week is going to be rather stressful… well, the evenings at least. During the day I’ll just be working as usual. But at night, when I should be relaxing, there are a million things that need doing. I need to pack. I need to clean every inch of my room …
So I have a flat…
That’s the good news. I signed the contract on Saturday. No going back now. The bad news is I have to pay the deposit on Thursday, when I go to pick up the key. This is bad because the deposit is 3 months rent, or in other words almost all of my wages. I could …
I have news…
But I’m not going to tell you what it is yet because I’m meeting Jan and his sister (who is visiting this weekend) for food and if I don’t get changed and leave right now I shall be late. In the meantime you may feel free to amuse yourselves by guessing what it is I …
