Becoming a Grown Up

      It's been almost a year since I've graduated college now, and I still feel like I'm playing dress-up somedays when I put on my work clothes.  For the most part, I think I have adjusted to the real world pretty well.  I pay bills on time (mostly), I own furniture (I gave up a lot of shoes for that couch), and I no longer binge drink on weeknights (wine doesn't count, right?).  There are days though, when I just want to throw a giant temper tantrum and run to my daddy to solve my problems. Days like yesterday and today. Since I have moved here, it has been one problem after another with my cable company- who shall remain nameless since I am feeling slightly more forgiving today.  My bill has changed every month since I've joined in May and has continued to increase- much to my irritation.  This has meant countless phone calls on my drive home from work, trying to catch them before their office closes at 6:00, and then waiting on hold for a half hour. I'm not even losing that much money, we're talking $15 or so a month, but it's the principle of the matter, and I refuse to back down.  Unfortunately, they seem to keep winning this battle, and as much as I want to just hand the phone over to my dad to take care of, that doesn't seem to be an option.  Mostly because he's 10 hours away. 
     Some other real world things I've encountered recently- taxes. Luckily, my dad has offered to take care of that for me. He has, however, given me a deadine on getting my own car insurance.  This also means I need to finally give up my Michigan residency and officially call myself a Virginia citizen.  Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be an easy task here. So lucky me, I'll be spending the next two weekends at the DMV and getting an emissions and inspection test- which is something Michiganders don't do.  I've heard horror stories of the DMV and I am not looking forward to this.  Oh well, to be an adult! Ironically enough, "Living on a Prayer" is playing on my 80's throwback Pandora right now (best station ever), and that pretty much sums up my feelings on my new adulthood right now. We're halfway there, livin' on a prayer.

Relaxing with some delicious Rose from a vineyard in Charlottesville. 

New Apartment!!!

It's been a crazy couple of days! Paul and I went apartment hunting all day Saturday.  It was very stressful and I didn't realize all of the compromising that would go into both of us looking for a shared place. Obviously, compromising is not really my strong point.  However, I am so so happy and excited to say that by Saturday evening, and officially as of today, we have found an apartment! May 10th we'll be moving into a 2 bedroom penthouse right in downtown Clarendon.  For all my Michigan friends, that's prime real estate right there.  I'll spare everyone all the boring details (like 24 hour concierge, granite countertops, stainless steel, terrace- I could go on and on), and just say that it is an amazing place! I cannot wait to move in!!

 This will definitely be a change for me, since we need a couple new furniture pieces, and I can see now that agreeing may be a little difficult for me :)  But I know it will end up being perfect in the end!  I can't wait to be right in Clarendon, superclose to DC, and be able to walk right outside to tons of restaurants, shops, and bars.  It's pretty much real estate heaven.  So come visit friends from home!  And friends from here, we'll be having lots of get-togethers!

                                       
                                                               The exterior view. So excited!

Blogger-Elect

Hello everyone! As you can see, I've decided to start blogging about my life here in our Nation's Capitol. This will include my adventures, thoughts and opinions on fashion, politics, food, drink and any other thing that comes my way.  Bear with me as I learn to navigate all the technological  nuances of blogging :)  Enjoy!

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