Perhaps it would ease you to know that this post is late and that my apartment is way past the state captured in these photos. Also please excuse the poor quality. #candid? iPhone photos usually aren’t that bad, but these turned out quite grainy. I was probably too exhausted from moving in and building furniture to take proper photos.
Here it is! If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that Kat and I will be living off campus together this upcoming school year. My main reason for wanting to live off campus is because I want a sense of permanence, even if it’s only for the next two years (before I graduate!). Moving in and out of dorms at the beginning and end of every school year is such a hassle; summer storage is the death of me. With my own place, I won’t have to worry about that between junior and senior year. Living off campus is more affordable, especially with a roomie, because not only do we save money on housing, but we also save money on food, as we no longer have to be on the unlimited meal plan, the only meal plan option. Furthermore, we’re both Bryn Mawr College students majoring in computer science at Haverford College, so we don’t spend much time at Bryn Mawr anyway.
It’s been a process but I finally signed the lease and picked up the keys on Monday, so come on in and let’s have a look!
(For privacy, I’ve edited out signs that show the name of my apartment complex and also my apartment number from photos.)
Good morning! I know I’m having one. A fantastic one even. So much so that I’ve ditched my blog publishing schedule for today and am writing to you live with the GoT soundtrack playing in my ears (Light of the Seven ♡), sent to me by Kathy. Life is good.
I think @urphillypal says it best: “It’s quite easy for Philadelphia to always be at the receiving end of jokes during holiday celebrations since we are right in the middle of New York and D.C. but not on July 4th. If there is one time people from Philly should be proud, it’s today. We have a birthright. Happy 4th of July from the city were Independence was born, Philadelphia! ??????” How COOL is it to be in Philly for Independence Day? The city really does go all out! So what better place for me to begin the festivities than in the middle of it all in the city at Jessica and Jennifer‘s apartment with another staycation?
Hello July! I don’t usually write these monthly recap/updates/goals because I’m terrible with routine and checking things off lists, but lately I’ve been thinking a lot about conscious mornings and so many things aligned: conscious mornings bring together values that I’ve shared on the blog previously in the form of my 52 project last year, which was based on mornings; the beginning of a month is a beautiful time to start anything, geometrically speaking (well, not geometrically speaking, but something about that word conveys what I feel, I think, so imma plop it there); Rae of Love from Berlin introduced #theCLmovement. If all that isn’t a sign, then I don’t know what is!
I’ve recently finished reading It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be by Paul Arden. It’s a short, quick, concise advice book with strong ideas that tells you how he sees it, and one message (of many) really jumped out at me: