Over a week ago now we put in our applicaton for a studio apartment in Potts Point, just outside the Sydney CBD. Beautifully renovated, and a big room where there’s lots of space to arrange as we like, gas stove, the lot. But the hoops we have to jump through to get it! We put in the application, provided the 6 personal references needed, then we have to meet with the board of directors for the building, which costs $100. $100! Our meeting is for Monday, but the good news is that they rarely reject any applicants that made it this far. So hopefully we can be all moved out by this time next week!

Iku was complaining to me the other day over some drinks about our financial affairs, how she didn’t know I owed so much money on my credit card before we got married. Well, it doesn’t matter any more, since as of a couple of days ago it is now paid off! All done. Finally. From now on we will only spend as much as we can afford to pay off in the same month, and we (hopefully) won’t have to worry about having to pump all our cash into the credit card account to pay it off any more.

So how did I celebrate? By getting another credit card.

(This one is for my freelance business, to separate my business expenses from our personal expenses. But the crazy bastards at the bank gave me a $6000 credit limit — or the equivalent of three month’s pay. Crazy.)

Anyway, we have a bit of cash saved up now, and have started to look for a place to move out to in earnest. We’ve put in an application for a nice little studio apartment in Kings Cross, in a great location very close to the city, and if we manage to get that we will be well on our way to getting our new life all set up again. We’ll hear back on Monday… fingers crossed!