20th
so- all that talk about a studio in center city has finally manifested into reality. to my right, i’ve got a large envelope w/ 3 stamps on it that’s hold the signed copy of the lease i’m returning to the real estate company- sealing and solidifying my cute new studio in rittenhouse square (excitement!!). that is exactly how i saw myself living in philly, and after a couple years of ups and downs, little things like that about the life i’ve found myself holding here are falling into place. that’s an incredible feeling. lord knows it’s been far from an easy trek.
this past weekend, judah came down to visit. i don’t have close girl friends, so it was great being able to hang out with her for a bit. we hung out in and just laughed and watched movies friday when she got in, and after an unsuccessful shopping venture (thankfully, it was a gorgeous day… happily making up for the inability to find cute buys-) she and i went home to change and wait for christina so that we could go out dancing. yesterday, she and i tried shopping again (success! for my birthday, i got myself a cute handbag. last leisurely purchase for a while. ugh lol-), and saw ‘away we go’ (maya rudolph and *swoon* john krasinski. there was a point where rudolph’s 6 months pregnant character was w/ her boyfriend, the krasinski character, at his parents’ place. his mother asks her how black she thinks the baby will be. i decided at that point that i should pay close attention to what was going on in that movie because maya’s character will be me when i’m in my early 30s…) and attempted more shoppage. usually when we go out, christina ends up crashing at my place since she lives out in the middle of nowhere. saturday was no different. so post the brew pub, she, judah, and myself came giggling into my house and judah and i told her ridiculous stories from our ‘glory days’ back in school (i met judah because she was dating my friend ian- my good friend who is now in the marines. they actually broke up the summer i moved out here. 2 months before my last serious relationship started to crumble for real-). i’d forgotten about half that junk. i asked judah if she thought that as few as 4 years after we’d met if she thought that we’d be where we are now… i will openly say that i didn’t. not at all. i’m living in a ‘big city’ 7ish hours from my parents/the people who know me best. i’m not dating or even on speaking terms with the one individual i will wholeheartedly admit i loved, and have no plans or wanting (for my own sanity-) to speak to. she and ian have just started speaking again- she’s on a the constant lookout for mr. right, and he’s since run off and joined the marines. i am writing though- and that is incredibly exciting. and she is in fact a high school counselor. crazy. the blink of an eye can change every single thing that you thought you knew… that’s not always necessarily a bad thing though… not by any means.
i’m working on that dream job part of my life the way i saw it here in philly as we speak. give me a few months. i’m more than motivated now with this new apartment.
