Wow, so many changes. I leave for a two week vacation and come back to all sorts of news. So the short story is that my room mate is moving out May 1st. She’s moving in with her boyfriend – they bought a place together which is totally cool for both of them. Their motivation for all of this? Pregnancy. Crazy hey? Even with the right protective measures, the seed was still sowed. I’m happy for my room mate, and though she’s a little scared, I gather she’s pretty excited too! Congratulations.
So this situation means that I have to move out or get a new room mate in a month. Well, I chatted with my Dad last night and a solution came forth. My parents bought an apartment a few years ago and it’s about to be ready to live in. In about three weeks actually – good timing. So I thought that I could live and pay rent there. But then after some chatting with my folks, it sounds like I might take over the mortgage. I’d be buying a place! I’m pretty excited about this. It’s something that I wish I could have gotten into a few years ago and now with housing prices so high I still can’t afford it. My Dad offered to give it to me for the price they paid for it two years ago, which is definitely a deal for me. They get a chunk of the profit I’d get when I sell it, which definitely seems fair to me.
My new residence will be Boundry and Kingsway in Vancouver. At first I was a little turned off by the location, but really it’s not so bad. I’m close to Highway 1 access, which means it’s easy to get to Squamish and back and the skytrain is close enough for me to use to commute to work. It’s a bit smaller than the place I’m in now, but at least it’s a place all to myself. Each bit of space is mine.
So all these changes seem to be for the better. It’s crazy how things come together so quickly and suddenly. I’m not afraid though – it’s about time for a change.
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