Nesting

[sacredchao]

A sudden explosion of life (not mine this time) has seen me move yet again. Actually, for all that moving is a fraught process, this isn't actually a bad thing. My once and former housemates are lovely people but that living arrangement carried with it the disadvantages which are simply inherent in moving into an established sharehouse. I've decided that it's worth the increase in living expenses to revert to living by myself. So I'm now living in a one bedroom unit not terribly far away from the last place and overall I'm very pleased with what I've ended up with. There are some repairs which need to happen and which I hope won't turn into a drama with the owner - interior doorhandles not fastened and the rear deadlock not usable as it's not possible to insert the key from inside as well as a cranky toilet cistern. I do love having my own space again though. I went on something of a household goods purchasing bender, both at the supermarket and Ikea. The place is starting to acquire a really pleasing character as I arrange my things inside it and I find myself looking forward to inviting people to visit me. While I love that this is my home and mine alone, this is also a space which I want to share regularly. this may have something to do with the fact that it will be the first home I've had without a cat since early 1998. I am the only living moving thing there which is slightly spooky.

Annoyingly, it's not spookily quiet. The walls separating me from the adjacent flat are not thick and there's one neighbour who doesn't know the meaning of "inside voice" and spends both morning and evening in conversations during which she shouts over the top of whoever else she's talking to with a kind of blustering posturing that will likely become wearing. She want people to know how dangerous and hardcore she is. I think I do but I suspect my impression isn't the one she hopes to give.

So, new home. Having my own space might prompt a lifestyle reboot and that's what I'm going to aim for but I've said that in the past and it hasn't happened. Let's see how I go this time.

Comments

[paypabakwriter.livejournal.com]

Right before the holidays, too! Sounds great to be nestbuilding--love that word choice.

Does the landlord allow for cats? I do think that would be a good thing, now that you're by yourself.

Get to know you're neighbor without mentioning the loudness and maybe she'll eventually realize someone's next door. No idea what to say. I live in a house and in the summer the kids and parents to the north are loud ... the kids both have hearing disabilities!

You left a message on my blog awhile back. Still wondering when we could chat. SL would work best, but let's look to January for a plan on that.

[sacred-chao.livejournal.com]

My SL account is blocked due to lack of payment. I want to revert to a non-paid account but can't work out how to ditch the complimentary SL home property in order to do that. I don't really get the urge to go into SL these days so it's not been a priority.

[paypabakwriter.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a hassle, particularly if you needed to open a noob account; definitely not worth it even if free.

There's got to be a messenger service or such we can work with ... after the new year.

[kirieldp.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the new pad. It is always good to have a space that is truly yours!

[f-m-r-l.livejournal.com]

Nice to have a space that you can make into your very own. I hope that you enjoy it a lot, and that your neighbor isn't too much of a pain. Can wardrobes full of sound-absorbing clothing and the like go along that wall?

[sacred-chao.livejournal.com]

Sadly not. She's sporadic, at least. The first couple of days after I moved in it was near constant and I was starting to despair but it seems that was a peak. The unit has really taken shape though. I'm beginning to think I'm very much going to like it here.