Hi there!

Been an awfully long time hasn't it? I have been avoiding you, truth be told. I wanted to have something more to say. How fabulous and successful I'd become, might've been nice. Hell, telling you I'd moved out of my Mother's house would have been a major triumph.

But no. What I can tell you is that I'm doing well. Really well. So well, I've decided to stay on beyond my end of year cut off.

It's a not so long, but very boring story about having friends. The general trajectory being that I have a lovely group of honest to goodness, all my own, friends. We do silly things like text each other while watching the same TV show in our separate houses or have joint birthday parties and yes, have sleepovers and talk about boys. It is fabulous and it's something I really haven't had in the last seven years. I still have my issues with Kalgoorlie and West Australia in general (to put it mildly) and I still miss Sydney so much I dream about it sometimes... but it's not something I'm willing to let go of just yet.

I have placed a couple of caveats on my staying - and I'm putting them down here to FORCE me into complying.

1. I will get my license.

To be frank, I don't really know how I've managed the past year with no car. The public transport system here is completely laughable, and as my sister will attest, my Mother is not exactly forthcoming with lifts. My past place of employment was exactly 7 minutes - in a straight line - from home and walking was a breeze. Currently I'm working five and a smidge kilometres from home. A distance that I have neither the time nor inclination to walk and am currently paying between one hundred and one hundred and fifty dollars a week in taxi fares. Not ideal, obviously.

This had been part of my plan from the beginning, I admit. As an example of how blase about the whole thing I am, I still don't know which State department is responsible. Being WA it's probably Liquor and Gaming... Meow.

Anyway.

2. I WILL MOVE OUT OF MY MOTHERS HOUSE.

Self explanatory really. Be prepared for a post examining the pros and cons of buying new furniture vs having my belongings taken out of storage and shipped over. Not even prepared to think about that yet.

The rental market is an odd one here. It's cheaper than Sydney, definitely, but not reeeally that cheap. Particularly if you aren't working in the mining industry. So in the meantime, if anyone knows of anyone lovely looking for a flatmate in Kalgoorlie - close to town, own bathroom would be nice, quiet, enjoys a wine and the ABC on a Friday night  - be sure to let me know.