House!!!

So after having been here for only two and a half days, we have scored ourselves an apartment! Woo hoo! After a week of being homeless, I was really starting to get sick of it! It's a place that Robert had been eyeing off for a few weeks, we saw it yesterday, filled in an application last night and managed to beat another keen guy and (apparently) someone else in trying to get it! We met the owner/s of the place today, and they're a couple who have a two year old and another on the way, so it's great to know that they had a toddler in the place and that it's suitable to Mr 17 months who thinks he's boss of wherever he goes.  (As a side note, it's sad to understand why there's been an increasing no. of homeless people in this city when you see how crazy real estate prices are here. I didn't think any other place could make Sydney look cheap, but San Fran does...! We have a two bedroom inner-city apartment for which we will be paying more rent than a single person's yearly salary! Although the computing and tech industry probably had a huge impact on these costs, I'm still awesomely proud of where my husband's going in his career in the industry. Oh, the irony...) But, like I said, I was already sick of being homeless, so I'm just excited that it didn't take long for us to secure a place at all! So we have a place to call "home". It's also only a few blocks away from Robert's office, so he won't need to spend much time or money on commuting, which is great! I think he was always aiming to walk to and from work, even if he needed to go a couple of KMs, but a few blocks makes that so much easier!

And excuse the D&M, but it got me thinking last night (when I couldn't sleep at 1am) of the idea of "home". I've been referring to Sydney as "home" and I probably always will. Yet, I always felt like a small part of me belonged in Korea, so I consider it to be mildly a second "home" country as well... yet now we live here, and depending on how long we're here for, our baby may end up considering this his "home", regardless of how I feel. Maybe that's all irrelevant, but it's a weird feeling of displacement when you realise that you're not quite sure where your "home" truly lies...

*Ahem*, excuse that side note. Heh.

Unfortunately, I haven't had the chance to explore much. Between finding a place to live and adjusting to the other side of the world, time's gone by a bit quickly. But I'm hoping to venture into the city a bit tomorrow and find some places where Mr 17 months can run around and burn off energy a bit.

Right. Well, it's 9pm and I'm basically ready for bed. Haha. 

Oh, and I actually had an alright coffee today...! #priorities

xoxo