Balmain, A Hangover, Spinach & Cheese Doodads and a Half Hour Wait .

Balmain, A Hangover, Spinach & Cheese Doodads and a Half Hour Wait .
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Balmain last night was awesome fun. We drank, we talked, we laughed. We are now paying the price - Leanne moreso than I, but dues are being paid.
Leanne wants an ice coffee. Or a water. Whatever is available.
There is no drink machine on this platform. I curse you, West Ryde Station.
We also met up with Denise. Denise is cool.
This morning Leanne and I had to move that stupid fucking wardrobe out of the West Ryde house (we also had to mow the lawns again, but that didn't get done), so we stayed the night on the floor there. Not as uncomfortable as I thought it would be.
We moved the wardrobe out of the house with no problem (it was a lot harder getting it in), but don't have a trailer to move it off of the premises. That will happen later. Today? Tomorrow? Some time soon.
We did what had to be done, and we handed the keys in. I don't know when they'll do the final inspection again.
In an attempt to calm the demons swimming through our veins, Leanne and I went up to the shops and bought chips, a salad and some drinks. This helped a little, but not enough. Especially for Leanne. I'm not doing so bad actually. Although I did fall asleep on the toilet this morning.
A few weeks ago (two, maybe), Mickey contacted Leanne about her formatting his Mother's (Susan) book in InDesign. Leanne had to meet up with Susan today to talk it over with her - she was down in Sydney for Mickey's graduation. She lives in Eumundi, in Qld.
After sitting in the car for some time, wondering if we really had to go back to Carlingford to pick up Susan's manuscript, we decided to call Mickey and find out. Good news; we didn't. So we headed over to West Ryde station to go straight to the Art Gallery to meet Mickey and Susan.
On the way, we stopped at the Lebanese Bakery and bought a Spinach and Cheese Doodad (as they are now known) each from there. So tasty.
Unfortunately, we saw the train leaving the station before we had even made it to the bakery, and upon arrival at the station we found out there was a half hour wait for the next train. Thus this post.
More later.
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Rental Inspection

We heard from the Real Estate today that we didn't do a good enough job cleaning for the final the inspection. Fair enough, we need to wipe down the cornices and skirting boards etc, get a pest exterminator in (coz of Oz...), and a few other minor things.
But some things are stupid.
They complained about the grime in the bath-tub... the grime that is caused by the enamel not being present, the grime that Leanne says was present when we moved in... so I believe that is unfair.
But they also say we have to mow the lawns again... we mowed them last week! How fucking long can they be? They're lawns, they grow! It's not our fucking fault! They said that the quote for someone else to mow them is $360! Wankers! Bollocks! Bullshit!
So I guess we have to do it.
Motherfuckers.

Done and Dining.

Done and Dining.
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And we're done.

We were actually by 4pm (as that's when the inspection was meant to be), but I only just now thought of posting to my blog.

It also turns out that one of the Real Estate staff went home sick, so they were so understaffed that they couldn't do the inspection today anyway. They'll do it first thing Monday morning. But we've now handed our keys in and our lease is officially OVER.

A kind of sense of freedom is wafting over me. No rent to pay for some time now. Fantastic.

So Leanne and I have finished our final meal in West Ryde; two salads and chips from The Roaming Bird. Oh man. These guys make the BEST salads. Which is why we stopped in for our final meal.

Yum yum, I'm done.

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And I'm up.

So... 45 minutes of lingering in bed, and I'm (we're) up.
Time to clean and pack!
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Make that...

...7:30am.
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Actually...

Fuck that, I'm setting my alarm for 7am.
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Calling it a night.

I'm fucking buggered. I'm setting my alarm for 6:30am and continuing to pack and clean then; I'm too tired to continue. I've actually been too tired for the last hour now, but I'm only just now getting to bed.
Good night.
See you in the morning.
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Weekend

Sooo don't know what to do this weekend.
I know the house needs cleaning, or at the least we should move our shit to a storage locker, but Kellie has invited Leanne and I to a picnic at Darling Harbour, followed by seeing 300 at Imax (was considering Spiderman 3 on Friday night, too). Or Pete has invited Leanne and I up to the TOCAL field day (which will be very cool).
So I don't know what to do.
Plus it's 24 hours of Flickr, so I want interesting photos of that (TOCAL will probably provide the best).
I'm considering the Hunter, but it will take up HEAPS of time, and time is what we are short of...
bugger.

You can probably tell that TC has ran out of work for the time being. Bored.

Moving home... not my home though. -200th Post!

Last night it was officially decided that when the lease expires on the 12th May, Leanne and I won't be moving to a new apartment, but rather back to her parent's house.
The primary reason we are doing this is to reduce the financial pressure caused by living out of home, and then we can start looking for apartments when we have money for bond and the first rent payment (and I have reduced my credit card debt).
So. Lack of freedom for a few weeks. Which is ironic because freeing up money should give me freedom. Anyhow.
Was paid today at my new rate! We received a 15% pay rise two weeks ago, and this is the first pay packet I have received at the new rate. It's awesome, I received about $40 more than usual, despite working 8 hours less! How awesome is that?! I now look forward to a week without public holidays so that I can find out what my normal pay shall be! Woohoo!

HEY! Just realised this is my 200th post! Yay! Celebrate!