Well, I'm in a completely different space as I type this. That's right. I moved! Well actually, technically speaking, I'm not in a completely new space. I'm actually in what has (sort of) been my bedroom for over a year and a half.
My house was built in the 1930s I believe, and we decided to renovate it a little bit. Since it was so old, we needed new plumbing and wires and since there were exactly 0 rooms with proper floors and walls for a while, we moved out. For what ended up being 6 months. Now, we're back in the house and I sit here gazing at my new blue wall and gorgeous modern lamp. Unfortunately, only 1/2 of our house is actually done, and we have 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and no blinds.
The real reason I wrote this post was to update you a bit on my life. So now, here is an ins and outs list
Ins:
-The house! Finally we are back and I have my own sanctuary again, albeit cluttered with bags and boxes.
-The weekend. Thanks to snow, moving because both easier and more difficult. We had 2 days off, giving us more time to sort, plus our lease ends the day after tomorrow, but the snow made it harder to drive, park, and move things. However, the long weekend itself is amazing, as it gives us more time
-Elfa. I assembled my closet using The Container Store's Elfa system and it was incredible. It was certainly expensive, but I think it was definitely worth it. Without even coming to our house (they looked at drawings of it) they designed our closets completely. Plus, they listened to what we really wanted. For example, I use drawers and shelves waaayyyy more than hanging space and so they included many drawers and shelves in my closet. Then, we did a self assemble.
-Alone time. Alone time is hard to come by now, but whether it is for unpacking or relaxing (which is reaalllyyy hard to come by now) it is so nice. I actually have my own bedroom now, so you'd think I'd be getting more alone time, but I'm installing every one's closets and moving things over from the apartment, so alone time is really valued (plus I'm an introvert, so I really need some alone time or I get really drained). The time for relaxing alone? Priceless.
Outs:
-Disorganization. I am an extremely organized person and I don't deal with disorganization well. As you might guess, that can be a little hard when moving. Especially since things from the floors that are not completed are in my room. I am trying and trying to organize, but I don't have nearly enough time, especially since I have so much other work to do.
-Other work. I have a 12 page research paper due in about 3 days and I've written about 3 pages of it. I have actually roughly 6 pages of solid information I've written up, but I haven't finished the analyzation pages yet. Procrastination me.
-Food. I know what you're thinking: how can food ever be an "out"? Believe me when I tell you it can be. You're probably going to think I'm even more insane when I tell you why food is an out; we are eating out all the time. It's only been a couple of days but I am pretty certain I am going to get sick of eating out. Since we currently don't have a kitchen, it's what we have to do for now.
Well, I hope you guys enjoyed this little ins and outs post. Talk to you soon!
XOXO,
MMM
My house was built in the 1930s I believe, and we decided to renovate it a little bit. Since it was so old, we needed new plumbing and wires and since there were exactly 0 rooms with proper floors and walls for a while, we moved out. For what ended up being 6 months. Now, we're back in the house and I sit here gazing at my new blue wall and gorgeous modern lamp. Unfortunately, only 1/2 of our house is actually done, and we have 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and no blinds.
The real reason I wrote this post was to update you a bit on my life. So now, here is an ins and outs list
Ins:
-The house! Finally we are back and I have my own sanctuary again, albeit cluttered with bags and boxes.
-The weekend. Thanks to snow, moving because both easier and more difficult. We had 2 days off, giving us more time to sort, plus our lease ends the day after tomorrow, but the snow made it harder to drive, park, and move things. However, the long weekend itself is amazing, as it gives us more time
-Elfa. I assembled my closet using The Container Store's Elfa system and it was incredible. It was certainly expensive, but I think it was definitely worth it. Without even coming to our house (they looked at drawings of it) they designed our closets completely. Plus, they listened to what we really wanted. For example, I use drawers and shelves waaayyyy more than hanging space and so they included many drawers and shelves in my closet. Then, we did a self assemble.
-Alone time. Alone time is hard to come by now, but whether it is for unpacking or relaxing (which is reaalllyyy hard to come by now) it is so nice. I actually have my own bedroom now, so you'd think I'd be getting more alone time, but I'm installing every one's closets and moving things over from the apartment, so alone time is really valued (plus I'm an introvert, so I really need some alone time or I get really drained). The time for relaxing alone? Priceless.
Outs:
-Disorganization. I am an extremely organized person and I don't deal with disorganization well. As you might guess, that can be a little hard when moving. Especially since things from the floors that are not completed are in my room. I am trying and trying to organize, but I don't have nearly enough time, especially since I have so much other work to do.
-Other work. I have a 12 page research paper due in about 3 days and I've written about 3 pages of it. I have actually roughly 6 pages of solid information I've written up, but I haven't finished the analyzation pages yet. Procrastination me.
-Food. I know what you're thinking: how can food ever be an "out"? Believe me when I tell you it can be. You're probably going to think I'm even more insane when I tell you why food is an out; we are eating out all the time. It's only been a couple of days but I am pretty certain I am going to get sick of eating out. Since we currently don't have a kitchen, it's what we have to do for now.
Well, I hope you guys enjoyed this little ins and outs post. Talk to you soon!
XOXO,
MMM
