Settling In...

FIRST, SECOND & THIRD WEEK IN PICTURES:

how you decorate for christmas in the city

my favorite store, just around the corner :)

 happy new year from the meows

why not?

this is the inside of a restaurant...crazy

kewl store display

my NYE kiss

aunt fed

stunning sunrise from my bedroom window

love this fire escape

corn. nam

brunch with fed

every car has bumper protectors, but this one was extra special

$1 

thanks urb

hiiii lauren ;)

(closet has filled up QUITE a bit since i took this)

good morning new york

reunited with my girls...first time in 8 years living in the same state

the floor i work on at 622.

...alone

(basically)

...and then i got food poisoning, but i had a good caretaker

then my momma came to visit!

yup.

smooches to my whitney!

dinner with the girls & momma

so yum

be careful what you think you're getting for a quarter

prettiest cupcakes @ chelsea market

going to the show!

loved it.

sup elmo

so beautiful, yet so sad.

stoopin' it waiting for ramen

it will change your life

ninjas

art.

sunrise today, 1/18

king of the city.

i realize i am awful at updating, but hopefully that post gives you all a little peek into my "new life"

miss you all

meow

nothing is the same without you

& so begins...

dec 27-dec 30

...one big blur

885 miles. 8 states. a dude. & a cat. 

(most) of my stuff leaving atlanta...

& we're off! pace insists on sitting with the driver at all times

i mean it...

caught a pretty kewl sunrise in Pennsylvania.

beautiful. too bad we were too delirious to really take it in.

...we have arrived!

the view from my bedroom window. 

this was about when i realized why the 15 hour drive was worth it

fitting wine for the first night in my nyc apartment :)

aaand then I woke up to this.

(Note: I first woke up to the sound of running water. Thinking, damnit Pace, not again (he turns on the water - sometimes to drink, sometimes to be an asshole). As I walk into the bathroom to turn the sink off, I find myself in a flood. The sink couldn't keep up with the running water. It's 4AM. My bathroom floor had at least an inch of water covering the ground. Then I realized the water also went out into the hall. It was 4AM. Then I went back to bed after picking up the shattered phone I found after mopping up the flood. It was 4AM).

iPhone screen fixer happened to be right across the street from this gem

ALAS!

Laurence Towers. 

Home.

Kewlies. 

Took Gus to the same place I got my NYC tattoo - Red Rocket Tattoo. Still can't believe I walked out without a new one...but Gus did!

Last picture before Gus is tatted up

Betty doin' work

oooh la la. me gusta mucho.

After the tattoo shop, we went to Brother Jimmy's for the Carolina game.

We played Elon, enough said. 

CLOTHES.

What I woke up to this morning. Someone is already comfortable. 

(& the boxes are already gone, woooo)

JELVIS! 

"The Jewish Elvis"

XOXO

lunch with Gus at Sarge's before he left

photocred to Gustav

My first piece of mail! :)

I love getting mail...take a hint ;-)

He's always here. Always. Unless he's showing off in the living room.

Even though the last three days have felt like one REALLY, REALLY long day blurred together, I loved every minute of it. I'm thankful for Gus who willingly trekked up in the Budget truck (who I will NEVER use again...and will not let YOU use them either), moved me in, explored NYC with me AND got inked. Great people make hard things easier to do. It still hasn't hit me yet that this is my home, I'm going to be going to work here next week and that I'm not on vacation. 

It'll hit me. 

And you'll all get the same sob story text message. Kidding. Kind of. 

Love you.