Money makes the world go around right?

One thing that alot of people (including myself) stress about is money. 

It also breaks up alot of relationships including my Uncle and his Partner who were together for 14 years until recently.

Although i stress about this i will not let it get in the way of my relationships with my man, friends or family.

The one thing i have written a fair bit about in my blogs lately is that my Partner and i will be moving back to my home Melbourne. We have set ourselves a goal of February to do this. I think it is equally as important to have a goal aswell as the initial idea because then you have that special sense of achievment.

Out dollar value goal to do the move is $6,000. It will cost roughly $2,500 just for the bond and 1st months rent. We will also need to buy whitegoods as it costs too much to ship them over rather than buy from a second hand dealer. The other thing we have allowed for is D to be out of work for around 2 weeks. Although he will be searching before we leave most companies won't hire you until they have met you. I am luckily getting a transfer with work so will be taking paid annual leave whilst the move is happening.

The shipping container will be no more than $1,000 but you do not have to pay this until 2 weeks after you move when you get you things which helps.

I felt this goal was realistic and was pleased knowing we have saved almost $4,000 in 3 months when i have never really saved like this before ever!

I know someone who is from Melbourne, moved here and recently has moved back with her man who is also from here. I didn't want to be rude but i asked her roughly how much they saved (to get a better idea for ourselves) to move, i was ASTOUNDED when she told me her man had saved up $11,000 and she had saved $7,000! They were not paying $500 fortnightly rent like us though and would not of had the bills we unfortunately do but still, that seems like a wicked amount.

I did put into consideration they did not have any jobs at all between them when they did the move which made it harder to find a property because no company would take them seriously.

That night i did not sleep, SO SO worried, will we have enough etc. I still think we will, i said to my man if we get to $6,000 by Christmas we will just keep saving because any extra all counts.

I might result to selling some belongings to add into the kitty aswell.

Do you think my budget will be enough?....

Good Driver

Well i have taken a big step recently to get my driving lisence and i have been for some driving lessons.

My first lesson was with a professional instructor and she told me i over-steer.

Well this evening after work my Partner took me driving in a quiet area. I was scared at first of this ute named Red Peril but after a while i got used to him, i will never be able to reverse park in him because i can't even see over the head rest!

I have another 2 hours of professional lessons tomorrow in a much smaller car, a Toyota Yaris, which is the type of car i want to buy anyways.

I am aiming to get my P plates before we move back to Melbourne, because in Melbourne you need 120 hours of experience in your log book and here it is only 50 hours. Also it is easier for my Partner to teach me here as he knows the roads.

Not long now and i will be all independant with my own car :)

Is it me or is it here..

Since moving to this state 1 year ago i have been sick for almost the entire time.

This has ranged from The Flu to being quarantined at home for Swine Flu to having a kankle.

Unfortunately it frustrates me very often because there always seems to be something wrong!

When i lived in my home state i was not sick very often.

The environment here is alot different to home though, word has it all around the world that the air is the cleanest in Tasmania. I would like the blanket of pollution that i had in Victoria to come over here to blanket me in from the sickness.

For the past 5 days i have been ill, yet again. It started Sunday morning when i had pretty much lost my voice and sounded retarded each time i wanted to speak. I put it down to the events of the night before, (although i can't recall any screaming or using my voice louder than normal) the Monday i woke up and felt like a train had run over me! Day off work to recover, at that stage it was still just my throat and my voice.

Worked Tuesday, really struggled but got through.

On the bus to work the next day (Wednesday) i used a whole box of tissues for my runnly nose and had everyone staring at me.Arrived at work Wednesday and got sent home.

One thing i have learned is it costs alot of Dollars to have time off. Hopefully this round of sickness is the last.

I, however now have a much more major health issue to cover over the next week or so, hopefully all will be.

To put it straightforward i am sick of being sick!