Beginnings & Endings

We've decided to do it, my girlfriend and I.

Travel, that is.

We don't know how we'll raise the cash, we don't know exactly where we'll go, but it's something I've missed out on for far too long.

Justine has spent a few years overseas and had traveled fairly extensively. I, on the other hand, have only traveled around Australia and New Zealand. There never seemed to be the money, no matter how much I wanted to go.

So a couple of weeks ago, while we were wandering around Southlands shopping centre we just stopped at a Student Flights travel centre and booked tickets on a whim.

We knew if we could just get there, the rest would take care of itself.

Probably.

Until now, Jus and I have been living in my groovy little St Kilda studio bachelor pad. I like it here, but we've outgrown it a little. Plus our crazy neighbour has made daily life a little more interesting than it probably should be.

So the news that the owner of our flat has sold up isn't as bad as it probably could be. The new owner is a divorcee. He took one look at our setup and decided that he could probably entice his share of willing 40-somethings back here and is moving in right around the time we get back.

So we'll be saving a couple of months rent, putting our belongings in storage and just figuring it out as we go along!