Moving Update

    So here I sit in MY (read: our) living room with a nice cold glass of beer watching TV and about to complete two complete weeks of living in my first place (again, read: our).Not only have the last two weeks been quite hectic filled with good times, bad times, and in between times but so was the time leading up to this move. I had posted awhile ago saying that I was wanting to do some updates centering around this experience, so here we go.

    For those who may not be aware, I'm 23 and engaged to my girlfriend of three-and-a-half years and up until July 30, 2011 we lived at our respective parents homes. On that day we moved into the townhouse we bought, the first time either of us had moved out of our parents homes. This is a very new, uncharted, exciting territory for us both but by staying beside each other we have been able to stay happy and strong through the difficult moments. Was that a little too sappy and cliche? I thought so. I apologize and hope you can forgive me, but onwards now.

    I think I'll start with some of the trials and tribulations that occurred before we moved in. About 4 days before we took possession we went into our notary public to sign the final papers for all the transfers of title and the like. Near the end we were informed that the strata we were moving into had no building insurance and that there had been no insurance on the building for roughly 7 months. To make matters worse the paperwork that the strata provided our notary stated that the strata was broke. We were given a choice, if the strata didn't get building insurance within 24 hours we could walk away from the deal, no harm, no foul. However, if they got building insurance within that time period we were hooked and there was no out.

    As the deadline for them getting insurance drew closer we became increasingly confused as to what we should do if they weren't able to get any. Fortunately, or unfortunately, depending on how you want to look at this entire situation, they got the insurance but they were only able to afford 2 months worth. Which made the decision making process a lot easier to make but also made us a little uneasy. What's going to happen after 2 months when the insurance is up, will they be able to afford more? Will they even care since they had already gone 7 months without? What if they don't get any and then the place burns down, me and my fiance will be stuck paying a mortgage on a pile of ashes for the next 30 years.

    Day by day we started to ease down a little bit and decide to focus on the move and to get settled in and that in the grand scheme of things we did have 2 whole months to try and get this all turned around and running well, not just for us, but for the entire strata.

    This wound up being a little bit longer than anticipated and I have a little bit to do around the house. I'll have to pick this up from moving day next time. Also I've been working on a couple of poems, I should hopefully be able to start getting back into the swing of things for the poetry updates sooner than I originally anticipated.