I'm taking a green tea break, after spending most of the day packing/organizing/throwing stuff out. I'm also downloading some pictures that have been waiting to be viewed outside of my camera. The one above is from an intense battle between Jordan and I over the Memory Game (while house sitting last weekend). He kicked my ass.
I got the keys to my apartment last night! It's all painted, and clean, and ready for me to move in! And it seems like it's just the right time, especially because my mom is being a complete control freak over furniture and blinds and everything else that goes along with decorating. Seems she thinks I should be able to afford to go out and buy everything new, and have my apartment look like a page out of an IKEA catalogue in a matter of days. Not likely!
I spent yesterday at the Hamilton Food and Drink Fest, filling up on beer, shrimp, scallops, spinach dip and some tasty pasta in a sage cream sauce. One exciting thing about my new place is that I'm around the corner from some really great restaurants that I'm excited to try. I'm also near the Famer's Market, so I am really hoping to spend more time cooking, and learning to be a better cook!
The whole move has me feeling quite reminiscent. The weather has been almost spring-like lately, which reminds me of a day in high school when some friends of mine took a video camera outside to the parking lot and interviewed students about their ideas on love. I belive it was also March then, though it was warm enough that some of us were sporting t-shirts. It's so funny to watch now, and reflect on a world that existed before car crashes, planes flying into towers, heartbreaks, university etc. etc. It was a completely innocent time, though I love seeing how jaded I was back then, going on and on about what a cynic I was on the topic of love. What the hell did I know about love when I was fifteen?!
I've also spent much of the day going through old paperwork and photographs to decide what is destined for the trash. I'm way too much of a pack-rat, and I really want to go into this apartment with a clean slate, bringing in only what is necessary. My problem is feeling that so much of what I have stored is necessary in order to reflect and remember down the road. Even still, I'm making progress (my recycling bin is overflowing!) ...
I got the keys to my apartment last night! It's all painted, and clean, and ready for me to move in! And it seems like it's just the right time, especially because my mom is being a complete control freak over furniture and blinds and everything else that goes along with decorating. Seems she thinks I should be able to afford to go out and buy everything new, and have my apartment look like a page out of an IKEA catalogue in a matter of days. Not likely!
I spent yesterday at the Hamilton Food and Drink Fest, filling up on beer, shrimp, scallops, spinach dip and some tasty pasta in a sage cream sauce. One exciting thing about my new place is that I'm around the corner from some really great restaurants that I'm excited to try. I'm also near the Famer's Market, so I am really hoping to spend more time cooking, and learning to be a better cook!
The whole move has me feeling quite reminiscent. The weather has been almost spring-like lately, which reminds me of a day in high school when some friends of mine took a video camera outside to the parking lot and interviewed students about their ideas on love. I belive it was also March then, though it was warm enough that some of us were sporting t-shirts. It's so funny to watch now, and reflect on a world that existed before car crashes, planes flying into towers, heartbreaks, university etc. etc. It was a completely innocent time, though I love seeing how jaded I was back then, going on and on about what a cynic I was on the topic of love. What the hell did I know about love when I was fifteen?!
I've also spent much of the day going through old paperwork and photographs to decide what is destined for the trash. I'm way too much of a pack-rat, and I really want to go into this apartment with a clean slate, bringing in only what is necessary. My problem is feeling that so much of what I have stored is necessary in order to reflect and remember down the road. Even still, I'm making progress (my recycling bin is overflowing!) ...
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