New digs?

How I hope not.

So while I was away I got an email from my landlord telling me the way my lease expires on the 31/07/07 and if I would be willing to sign a new lease. The catch is that with the new lease the rent goes up by 8%. I honestly don't feel I should pay that much but I really love this area. This is the 1^st place I've stayed at in Jhb that I'm really in love with, I mean I just love the thought of coming home and doing nothing in my house, I'm filled with joy every time I'm in sight of my complex. It's so quiet and ideal and up-market without being too expensive and now that I've started running I've discovered that the roads are always sooo clear in the evenings, and did I already mention that this area is the 2^nd safest area in Jhb? Why should I have to give up this one thing that I really love now when I've only just managed to "furnish" it?

I have asked my landlord for extra time till the middle of July (I know he won't agree), so that I can "review" my options aka so that I can look around to find anything that I would even remotely like as much as I like this flat. So far, after looking in the classifieds today, the pickings are slim! I know I will just end up here for another year, and curse myself every end of month when I have to shell out this new inflated (in my opinion) rent.

Oh, and did I mention also that my motor vehicle insurance is also being hiked by about r50? And that fuel is scheduled to come down but go up yet again, and this time I'm sure even higher than the r7.11 that we currently pay? Of course this all means that everything else has become more expensive, everything except our salaries which haven't increased accordingly. In my opinion they should be increased every time the fuel is increased!

Weekly Achievements

• Managed to drive part-way home yesterday and the whole way to work this morning with my shoes on! Yes, that is a big deal for me. I have never been able to drive with shoes on because I always believed that I could not, and this was confirmed to me because the only way I finally managed to learn how to drive (and we all know how long it took and the number of lessons too) was barefoot. So yesterday I just gave myself this stern talking to and I just got into the car, didn't remove my shoes and drove home at 40kph (thankfully it was only 4.2km to my house) all the way and I did it! So this morning I did the same and drove at the usual speeds I usually drive and it's gotten much easier. What can I say? I'm proud of me, and I'll take my small victories wherever I can thank you very much.
  
• Run 1.6km on Tuesday night, well more like jogged/walked. It took me about 15 minutes and I wasn't too tired after but the next day I was surely feeling all the muscles in my legs thanks to the pain. Anyway, I have decided to start running for exercise and I hope that I can keep it up and run a 10km marathon before the end of the year. Yes, you can all laugh at me, but I will do it! J

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Still here, nothing new or fun to write about. Looking forward to going home, yay!!!