Dingley Arterial Project
July 6, 2009 | Filed under Australia, Family & Friends, Relationships/Men
We recently received a brochure in the mail at home, informing us that the Dingley Arterial Project would continue in late 2010. It is essentially a roads improvement and upgrade project designed to ease traffic movement from the inner south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne out into the south Gippsland region, and vice versa.
The next stage of the project will take place pretty much in my backyard. The next part of the highway will be about a block behind my house – I could probably kick a football onto the freeway from my house once it’s completed. I can’t even begin to imagine the noise it will generate, not only in the creation process, but upon completion when a million cars will be zooming along the freeway each day. I see the benefits of the project of course when it comes to the alleviation of heavy traffic in my area (which we need desperately!), and the improved ease of travel to certain parts of outer Melbourne (it would make travelling to Dylan’s house a lot easier for me), but for local residents like ourselves, the noise will definitely make a huge change to our peaceful lifestyle.
With this in mind, it’s more imperative than ever that we find a new house and move before they start construction late next year to avoid the inevitable noise pollution. At the moment it looks like my family will be buying two separate homes as we want to buy in different areas – my parents want a two-bedroom unit for themselves and my brother in our former suburb, I want a one-bedroom apartment on my own near where we are now, but a bit closer into the city. So unless we come to some sort of compromise, we’ll be buying separately. As a result, I may possibly not have the financial support I had expected as my parents will be buying afresh as well…but considering the kind of places I’ve been looking at, I’d have a single apartment paid off by the time I’m thirty anyway, which has always been my main aim.
And besides, if I have my own place, I won’t have to worry about making Dylan masquerade as a friend when we have sneaky ninja sex. That would be a relief, largely because despite appearances, I do hate lying to my parents and wish that I didn’t have to go to such lengths to hide something so natural.
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oi, what a pain in the bum. so looking for somewhere more intensively now?
Bobbi on July 7, 2009 #
Oh man, moving house is always such a pain. Not only the looking, finding, buying a house, and then the payments, and then the physical transition from one house to another… personally it’s a nightmare for me. But getting your own apartment sounds brilliant – perks of sex 24/7? lol. Although, the lying to parents part, yes… that’s truly gotta suck. But is it really, really, REALLY that necessary in the first place?
Amanda on July 7, 2009 #
I’ve been meaning to reply to your text message but my phone is crap. And I have a memory/attention span that is shameful. “Text Amanda… ooh look, belly button lint!”
Glad to hear that you’ll be moving out. The freedom of your own place is incomparable to anything, and I can imagine it’ll be much easier to have a relationship. Especially since it seems to be a rather important one :)
Though my parents are lenient (through my doing, because I’m hard-headed and they’re softies) I do miss having my own space with my boyfriend. Even simple things, like not being interrupted every five minutes whilst trying to watch a half hour of television, can do wonders.
Lil on July 8, 2009 #
Oooh I love the idea of getting a new place. Have you started looking yet?
Once you get a place of your own, there’s also the advantage that you can now be as loud as humanly possible with the man. ;)
Felisa on July 8, 2009 #
hey hun, i highly recommend you make that call! Then you can know what you can expect in terms of what you are able to achieve. You may be able to afford it, you just don’t know.
It sounds like everything is up in the air, but I assure you once you have some sort of idea of how much you are able to borrow, you have a better idea on what you are able to buy =) Give him a call, he’s really easy to talk to!
Mish on July 9, 2009 #
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