Update on my life

Not sure why blogging is so hard for me to do. I guess part of it is that I sold my laptop and haven't bought my new computer yet. I have my ipad but using it for the blog is hard because my pictures aren't really on the ipad and I started the 30 Day photo challenge, that at this rate with be a 30 Month Photo challenge! I was planning on buying a new 27" Mac desktop, very excited, but stalling now because I am not quite sure where I am going to put it.

Whats the saying, when one door closes another one opens? Sometimes I feel like doors close, smack me in the face, knock me down a few times and then hidden along the way I find another one cracked open and run through will full force taking a big chance. It seems to be the ongoing case for April. April is just not my month of choice. Taxes are due, season is changing (for the better but still its a change), work load shifts, and the past couple of years living has changed. Its also in the perk of performance season here in SF so things are just always happening. Its just busy.

Well last year this time, I was in a mad hunt for an apartment (took a place and after giving 30 days notice to my current the new place randomly decided to go for the couple...) So I HAD to find a new place ASAP, I was in LA 15 days of the the 30 day month, I had mad taxes to do, I had to pack, I was freaking out, life was crazy.

This year, things haven't changed too much. I will only be in LA for 4 days of the 30 Days, so I guess thats better... and I didn't get turned down from an apartment after giving 30 days notice, but I did have a shift.

Long story short, my roommate, was the primary lease holder of the apartment for 13 years, decided to move to Ohio to be closer to his family. This move wasn't sudden but things happened quickly. Steve warned me in Jan that he was going to move, but our hope was that I could stay in the apartment and take over as lease holder. This didn't seem to far out there because the place needs some MAJOR work.

The carpet needs to be replaced, I would say a good 10 animals have lived on that carpet, the bathroom needs fixing up, the washer and dryer are on the last leg of life, walls need to be painted, screens need replacement, the list could go on. But Frank (the other roommate) and I have found a love for the apartment on Henry st and were find with the run down character apartment. New folks however would not be so okay with it all.

Unfortunately though, the Henry house is a family house and with the move, the landlord decided that it was time to move some of his family into the house. Therefore, Steve’s (my roommate in Ohio now) 30 day notice was also my 30 day notice to leave.

Bummer…

The big bummer of the thing was that Paul was going to be able to move into the Henry house, we would take over the front 2 rooms that connect with French doors and frank would move into my room. This would allow us to have ample amount of space for a VERY reasonable price and have a roommate who is not around much and very easy to live with, along with being entertaining!

So then we had to go to Plan B since Plan A was out.

Plan B was to find a new place for us to live, but with a few heavy-duty days of searching, it was clear that finding a new place to live right away was not going to be easy. Apartments are expensive, Security deposits are outrageous and apparently not so many people are cat and dog friendly.

Plan C became in order. This weekend I made the move into Paul’s pretty small Studio In Law apartment. This apartment has been a perfect place for Paul and his dog Manny for the past 2 and a half years, but we knew it was going to be a tight squeeze to bring Gerti and myself into the place as well. We don’t have a kitchen, but rather a homemade kitchen set up. Now this seems bad, and if I was the cook in this relationship it would be AWFUL, but luckily, I don’t cook, ever and when I do “take care of dinner” I typically go and buy dinner out! Paul is a BRILLANT cook though so his homemade kitchen works beautifully for him. We do have to step outside too to go to the restroom, not so fun on stormy nights but it is doable…

We ended up putting many boxes and things of mine in the garage as storage and this week has been me unpacking all of my belongings that can fit into Paul’s place. We took down Manny’s cage and made room for my chair (yay) and brought some of my other furniture in. It is different for me though, far from matchy matchy and pretty tight fit, but I think we are going to make it work beautifully. And lets face it, rent is SUPER cheap for SF so hopefully with this we can save some cash for a future security deposit.

We are hoping to find a new place (jr one bedroom) by August, so fingers crossed!

Regardless, this is a very exciting move for both of us. This is the first time that either one of us has lived with a significant other. I thought it was going to feel strange and completely overwhelming and leading up to the move, it did, but now that I am there and getting adjusted it just feels right.

We are both very happy and feeling very lucky to have each other. And Paul is great because he knows my need to be crazy organized and have everything perfect and he is letting me do as I please in the house! There are plenty of things I would still like to fix and update, but we do want to continue looking for a bigger and better place for us so we are trying not to get too settled.

I will post pictures when I feel it is put together enough to do so J

But for all of you who were not caught up on the craziness of my April, here is a rough update! More to come soon!