Angela

I am finally settled in with my boyfriend in our new apartment in California! It’s such a drastic change I haven’t even had time to react! But things are going so well. Back in April I wrote about how sometimes you don’t want to talk about what you’re doing for fear things will come crashing down — I had a lot of disappointments in the past year since graduating college & once again I find myself almost whispering my successes when my friends ask how I am — I don’t want to jinx it! Yes, I’m a little superstitious. By little I mean a lot

So yes, I have to admit — things are going very well! I have lots of pictures to share. But going through my camera I dug up these final photos of Seattle’s Pike Place Market & my packing process in Washington before leaving it all behind.

So beautiful & bright! I knew if I was going to move I’d better do it quick because western Washington in the summer is close to perfection & I knew I’d change my mind… only to be disappointed when the dreary winter months set in again. Today, it almost sprinkled — gone as soon as it came — and I was back at home again.

Left my inspiration board behind — and can’t wait to begin building a gallery wall in my living room. I’m SO ready to share photos of our place, but will wait until it’s a bit more complete. We’ve come across a few great finds for our place, spent way too much money, and bickered over style (he likes leather and dark wood, which I loathe, I like both modern industrial and shabby cute, it never ends), and finally agreed on the staples, creating a living space that’s bright and a little beachy. We’re happy to call California home now.

Before I go to bed at 9 pm from sheer exhaustion–mostly exhaustion of thoughts and plans and not actual actions–I wanted to post my very exciting news. After living just outside Seattle for almost my whole life, save for college which wasn’t too far either, I am moving to California–to Los Angeles! I’ve slowly felt more and more unsatisfied with living here in WA for awhile now since graduation, knowing that if I didn’t go on an adventure and explore a new city soon, I’d end up here forever, resenting my hometown (melodramatic, maybe, but how I feel, yes). I love Seattle, I love the Pacific Northwest, and it will forever be home, but I haven’t seen much of the world in my 23 years and I’m ready to try something new. I’m soso excited, too, because I found a job that will allow me to begin my career as opposed to just a place to work, and I am hoping that this is the perfect way to explore and build a future, too. Kevin and I will be traveling the 1200 something miles next month, and I’m happy and thrilled and terrified all at once. He seems to be handling it perfectly, though, as always.

I checked out some film photography to see different perspectives of LA and loved these three photos posted here. Definitely check out the links at the bottom for more from each artist. The crazy thing is that these photos could be totally incorrect representations of the city, and I wouldn’t really know! I guess I will find out!

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THERE. It’s all out–no more blogging without all my big plans laid out! Phew. 🙂 Have you moved far away before?

*Photos also on my Pinterest page.

PS: a happy coincidence that this is my 300th blog post 🙂