Oh yes, I certainly am in limbo just now! The reason being that I am about to move house … or maybe I’m not. Or maybe I am! But then perhaps not.
For a long time now I’ve had a plan to get myself out of Sydney – a city I’ve accidentally stayed in for over ten years when I only meant to be here for a couple of them. I’m not sure how this happened, but somehow it did and for the last few years I’ve been planning to rectify this.
However, the next issue was working out where on earth to go! I have all sorts of competing desires and responsibilities and relationships which make this a very complicated issue to resolve. So that’s been a big part of feeling in limbo for a long time now.
But in the end I needed to do something to get moving and change my life around, so I settled on a relatively easy option which is to stay within reach of Sydney (and my work, friends and networks here), while also getting out of the city.
For now I’m looking for an interesting and beautiful place to be. Somewhere that has lovely and good sized houses with pretty gardens which I can actually afford (as opposed to tiny apartments that I can barely afford, as in Sydney!). In the longer term I’m going to buy a place and then see if I can figure out how to spend six months of the year in my affordable Australian home and six months somewhere else entirely that I feel a bit passionate about – Spain seems like a great option!
I’ve decided to see how I go living in the Blue Mountains, up around the towns of Leura and Katoomba. I’ve even applied to rent a lovely house up there – a circa 1910 wooden miner’s cottage – which I’ve been looking at and thinking about for quite some time.
So for weeks now I’ve felt even more lost in limbo as this house has been on the market for rent, off the market, back on again, for sale, sold, for sale again and sold again … as I’ve thought about moving in and where everything would go and how to make it perfect … as I’ve pondered not getting it and needing to start looking again, etc.. If I don’t know the answer soon my head will explode!
Last I heard the decision was down to two applicants – me being one of them. I should – in theory – know the outcome today. Keep your fingers crossed for me!
I got a pleasant shiver when you said Blue Mountains – I have only been there twice, but if I had in NSW, it would be there.
Good luck with the move!
by Peta on 6 April 2009 at 2:02 pm |
Oh wow, good luck!
by Penny on 6 April 2009 at 8:47 pm |
of all the places i visited in australia, the blue mountains was the spot i could most envision living. good luck!
by Amanda on 7 April 2009 at 6:07 am |