Some blonde chick
May 23, 2006I sold my iBook today. The guy paid EUR 600 for it. I’m putting it away for my MacBook. Right at the moment I was making the deal, the doorbell rang: the MacBook Pro Apple is loaning me for review arrived! How’s that for timing?
But the most important news was this morning: I had my in-take conversation at the housing corporation. I was expecting some Guantanamo-style interrogation, but instead some blonde chick just asked me for all my info (incl. paychecks, etc.), gave me all the information needed to rent a house, and that was it! It’s now official: the house is mine! The contract will be signed 15th June, in the house itself (how cool is that?). 16th June the contract becomes effective and I’ll be moving!
I’m happy!
Why not stay with your parents and save money? I mean, sure, everyone wants to move out at some point in their life. But myself, being so long far from my family, I wish I was staying with them more. Of course, this is the Greek thing: until a child gets married, they usually stay with their parents. Some, high up in the mountains, stay together even after the marriage. But that’s Greece we are talking about. ;-)
Comment by Eugenia — May 23, 2006 @ 7:42 pm
My new house is 3 minutes away from my parents’ house by bike.
It’s not just about wanting to live on my own. It’s also about giving my parents their long-deserved own time. I never talk about it, but my two older brothers are, to put it really mildly, problem children, and as such, for the past 15-20yrs, my parents have been giving up their time to their children more than any other parent has to (minus parents with children who have i.e. Down Syndrome).
Even though they don’t realise it yet (they really do not want me to leave, even though they support me for the full 150%).
Comment by Administrator — May 23, 2006 @ 7:55 pm