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B and V are my childhood besties. The kind of friends who you grew up with and even though you live in different parts of the country or world at times, when you come together it’s like you’ve never been apart? These two are my long distance, close friends.

Well, both of them are living their best COVID-19 impacted lives. While I was buying my first home and am now settling down during COVID-times, both B and V had fled their homes and haven’t been back since March.

B went on a holiday to Tasmania and when the first wave of Melbourne lockdowns began, decided it was safest to stay in Tassie for the sake of her elderly parents. So while the majority of my Melbourne friends have suffered through a second, long lockdown period, B has spent endless days hiking, biking and adventuring in nature, and eating amazing looking food. Lucky me gets to stalk her private Google Photos feed - she’s one of those peeps who doesn’t mobile phone let alone social media.

V has had nature adventures of a different kind. She’s been living on a boat the past 6 months. It sounds like a dream but she’s working remotely so spends her days ignoring the gorgeous sites outside, tapping away on her laptop in a tiny corner of an already small table on a boat. Still, I imagine finishing work and stepping outside to a sea breeze ain’t all that bad.

I caught up with V in Brisbane as soon as the QLD-NSW borders opened. It was fun to hear about her COVID-19 life, and what’s waiting for her back home. Mainly, a car with a flat battery and perhaps some neighbours who may think she’s dead because she didn’t tell anyone she was going and wasn’t expecting to be away for at least the rest of this year.

2020 has been a write-off in many ways, but it’s awesome to hear the silver lining people have found. If you have any positive outcomes from this wreck of a year, please do share - I’d love to hear it. Email blog@thephamly.com.au



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Mum Pham always wished to split the Phamly house evenly between her three children. However, her three children have grown up a lot since her passing and no longer so helpless. Instead, with our encouragement, Dad Pham gave his house (mortgage) to Big Brother Pham for his PhamLe on the condition that a) Big Brother Pham would build him a granny flat, and b) when Dad passes, his loser middle daughter (me) would be allowed to live in the granny flat.

Good news, guys, I’m no longer a loser - at least, in real estate terms. Boyfriend Pham and I bought a house - at least, got a massive debt to pay off. It’s part of why I went radio silent on my beloved blog.

The past 6 months have been packed with life changes. The day after we met with our mortgage broker, because life has a weird sense of humour, I was stood down to a 5-day fortnight, while Boyfriend Pham went down to a 6-day fortnight. It worked out for the best though because if we hadn’t been forced to wait a couple of months to sort our employment situations for finance approval, we may not have come across our home.

I was lucky enough to stay in my role in the heavily impacted retail industry, after weeks of uncertainty. Boyfriend Pham, on the other hand, changed roles for better job security, and it’s worked out for the best because he’s very happy in his new team. His job change meant we stopped house hunting on the south where I grew up, and instead buy north where we both work.

We’ve only been here a few weeks, and love it so far. The house has gorgeous, soft natural light throughout and the breeze is refreshing and cool. It’ll be a lot of responsibility being a good home owner as opposed to a renter, and we have a lot to learn about home maintenance and improvement. It’s been stressful but fun. I think my blog’s going to steer in the home improvement direction for the next little while as we settle in and make little upgrades to the space. No major renovations ‘cause there is only one practical Pham sibling and it’s definitely not me.



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