Moving Day

Today we are moving to our new home in the suburb of Waterman's Bay.  We are renting it for 11 months so that when we go shopping for a new rental (or buy depending on the new tax laws) we will have more to choose from on the market because of the time of year.  On the one hand we are very much looking forward to moving but on the other hand we've grown accustomed to where we are to some extent.  So, here's a pros and cons list of moving:

Pros:
-walking distance to the beach
-walking distance to a bushland reserve
-quiet: we won't need ear plugs to sleep at night
-nice residential area where we don't have to be concerned about going out at night
-has it's own garage so we don't have to share with other tenants and worry about who's parking where when
-close to lots of activities for the kids
-has 4 bedrooms (more or less)
-has a BBQ and great outdoor area: we can finally grill some food
-lots of room inside for everyone to get a break from each other
-close to the school

Cons:
-have to take a bus and train to work which will take an hour- previously I took a free bus that took me 20 minutes (once a buy a bike I'll probably ride it to the train station, but we'll see)
-not as many restaurant and entertainment choices
-not as much character in the neighbourhood
-further distance to grocery shopping
-losing central air conditioning and replacing it with 1 upstairs main room and 1 downstairs main room AC unit and ceiling fans in 3/4 bedrooms
-we won't get serenaded every night by drunks and every morning by crows
-currently using rental furniture until our sea freight shows up, likely in early January- so the place is kinda empty in certain places and not homey yet
-WE HAVE TO PAY FOR IT!!!

Within the next hour or so we will no longer have any internet access until possibly Thursday, when our phone/internet/cable gets hooked up.  So, see you then.