To pitch or not to pitch? That is the question.

Pitch!! 

Today I made an expensive upgrade to the house. I decided the pitch the ceiling in the living/dining/kitchen area.

Why may you ask? Well the answer is simple. Because I've always wanted a pitched ceiling. I just forgot to ask about it way back when the original plans were being drawn. Luckily the final plans have not been drafted and sent to council yet so I was able to get a variation done and my new home will now have a pitched ceiling which is pretty exciting!

Being a small home I am hoping it'll make it appear as though it is bigger without  actually having to add more space. I am also hoping it'll make the house feel lighter and airyier overall. I am not sure if the beams will be exposed or covered up as yet. I guess those finer details will be worked out but in the meantime here's a pretty picture of a living space with a pitched ceiling!

Settle down, its only settlement.....

Yesterday my solicitor called me to say settlement had been booked in for 2.30pm today. I can't say that It really hit me until 3.30pm today, when she called me again to say it was all finished and I was now the proud owner of 32 Bunya Street Horsley. Can't say I am a huge fan of the street name. Makes me think of bunyip or bunion.
I actually googled "what does bunya mean?" more out of boredom than curiosity. Anyway apparently it has several meanings but I went with the first one that came up which stated the following-
"A tall coniferous Australia tree of the monkey puzzle family that bears large cones containing edible seeds"
Well there you have it. What's that? You were just dying to know that useless bit of information? You're welcome.

Anyway as I was saying, I am now the owner of land. Yup, me, land- who'd have thunk it.
I have to admit I almost died when I logged into my ING online account this afternoon at 3.33pm to see a 6 figure debt hit me in the face just a tad over an hour after settlement. Apparently the bank does NOT fool around no sir-ey.

I would love to say it was one of the happiest moments of my life but if I am being at all honest it was probably one of the scariest of my life to date.
Instead of thinking "Oh yeah, bring this bitch on" I was left thinking "Holy crap, what the heck have I done!!!??"
I am almost certain I went through the 5 stages of grief in a 10 minute window.
First there was denial- "Surely not, this can't be happening, I must be dreaming".
Followed by anger- "You're an idiot, you're not ready for this! Fool!
I moved quickly on to the bargaining stage shortly after- "Hmmm well if it doesn't work out I can always sell it....yes, sell, maybe I should just sell"
Then the depression hit- "Ohhhh noooo!! Now I can't just quit my job and become a bum if for some reason I just don't want to work anymore" The sadness surrounding this reality was too overbearing but luckily for me Acceptance chimed in and lastly I thought to myself- "Meh, what's done is done and whatever will be will be".

Que Sera Sera

Today will go down in history!

07/08/2014! As the day the land was FINALLY registered.

I cannot even begin to put into words how excited/shit scared I am.
Just to get to this point has taken well over a year!! Shit!

Its just hit me that I am going to have a mortgage within 2 weeks. No more expensive dinners. Oh well. It's going to be worth it to have my own humble little abode to come home to every night and to relax in every weekend. Todays marks the start of a new chapter, a new journey. Like WOWZA!