moving up

okay. so it is my first night alone in our new apartment and i am getting a little bit nutty. every light in the whole place is on, except for the bedroom light because i've been too scared to go in there in case someone is lurking. i am absolutely head over heels in love with our place, in the day time. at night, it is a bit spooky. the fire place is on a crazy program and just turns itself on whenever it wants, my cat roams around meowing and jumping at imaginary things, you can hear the neighbors like they are standing beside you.

let me tell you about this place though because it feels like exactly what my life has been missing. it is gorgeous. it's a 1950s building, so all the apartments have a pretty big layout and there are lots of little character traits like a funny ironing board that comes out of the kitchen wall and one of those locks that is on a chain so the door only opens 3 inches or so. it's all hardwood floors, which, despite their general creakiness, looks goooooood. i live in constant fear that something will skid or drop and make a gash in the floor. basically the landlord's number one rule is DON'T FUCK WITH THE HARDWOOD. there is a fireplace! i haven't quite figured out how to work it but it is quite cozy and crackily. there is also a dishwasher which means there will be 95% less fights between pete and i. but best of all

THERE ARE WINDOWS!!

okay, our last place had windows, but only facing the wrong direction and only in one part of the whole place. now we have a window in our living room that overlooks the road and windows in the kitchen and bedroom that face out the back of the building. and it is getting to be summer. really, could my life be any better? it's four blocks to the ocean. four blocks to beacon hill park. and there are shops right down the road.

oh yes. oh yes.
living the dream.

i'm still trying to get pete to warm up to it. he liked the coziness of our last place, but i think this will outshine that place in every aspect once we get a bit more settled in and somehow center our room around the fireplace, which was basically his one true wish for our new apartment.

so. that's the news.
school is going okay.
lots of things on the go, i'm feeling a little bit pressed but i'm working on it.

also.
have you ever seen the commercial that says something like.

"i know. let's blamestorm about it! i blame eileen."
ahahaha.




cross your fingers that i make it outta this night. then the apartment will be tried and true, ready for all kinds of shenanigans.