I’m feeling overwhelmed at the amount of work that I have to do before I can move into my new house. I thought it was going to take me a really long time to get a house. That’s why when I started my house search, I expected not to find something until early next year. But from the time I started looking at listings until now, it’s only been about six weeks. I wasn’t ready. I’m not ready. I am so overwhelmed by all the organising that now needs to be done that I don’t feel like doing anything. I want to curl into a ball and cry. I’m not ready.
My girlfriend has been trying to support me but it’s not really helping. She suggested that I get the help of a conveyancing and settlement lawyer to help me with all the paperwork because she knows that I’m swimming (read: drowning) in it. And as much as that was a good suggestion, I don’t really feel like I even have the mental capacity to be talking to a conveyancer at the moment.
Later update:
Well, that was certainly one way to take my mind off the stress of preparing to settle for my new house. I was just about to have a panic attack as I prepared to call a conveyancing firm for Elwood property when a giant flash of light came from outside. Naturally, I thought it was just a bolt of lightning at first, but then I realised that there had been no storms forecast for today (not that the weather forecast means much in Melbourne). I went outside to find a man dressed in a plumbing jumpsuit, holding a bucket. And then – and you’re not going to believe this – the bucket began talking! I figure it must have had some sort of radio inside it that the plumber was carrying, but it was still trippy as heck. Anyway, that was quite the ordeal, so I think I’m going to go lie down a bit before calling this conveyancer. This day really has been a rollercoaster of emotions!