| green decor and IKEA goods 10.09.02 |
| Now that I'm somewhat back in a roommate situation, it has totally made me excited about moving out and having my own place again. Not like I ever lived alone, but you know what I mean. Cooking dinner this past week was a lot of fun...not the actual act of cooking, but more like the feeling of independence from it, knowing that you can eat whatever you want, whenever you want. It has made me more excited about having that feeling again, on a more long-term basis. There is nothing like the love of your parents, but there is also nothing like knowing that you're grown up and can take care of yourself. When I lived in different places in SF, I always moved into a fresh, empty place (okay, the moldy place on 35th Avenue wasn't exactly FRESH, but it was empty.) I always worked with one or more roomies to turn the place into a cozy, liveable place, and it was so much fun. We'd unload our kitchenware into the shelves, arrange our mismatched furniture gathered from relatives and garage sales, and decorate our rooms and bathrooms. The fun thing about moving often is being able to redecorate often. I just wonder how it will be to move into a place where there are already people. I guess it's kind of how it is now moving in with C. and R. I'd prefer to move into a new place. That way you don't get that feeling like you're joining the club late and having to get accustomed to patterns already established. I would prefer to learn and create patterns together from the start. I actually really like how my room in Elk Grove looks right now. When I moved back in March, I totally redid the place and I like it a lot more. Too bad I probably will have to take everything down and move again when I get back. Man, I never even thought about that. Or I could leave it there and just start fresh after I move. But that kind of defeats the purpose because those things that I brought back with me are things that I treasure...but at least I know that whatever I leave in Elk Grove will always be there. I think my big Lisa Loeb painting will definitely stay in Elk Grove. That thing is too mah-faun to move...but I have moved it from Stonestown Tower Records to my dorm room to 35th Avenue to Berkshire Drive in San Bruno to Elk Grove. Crazy. It is kind of sad to think that I probably won't be living in my room in Elk Grove for a long period anymore...but I still want it to stay the same. I don't want my parents to turn it into some storage room...yet it kind of IS a storage room for my stuff. Anyway, now I'm getting all sad thinking about growing up, leaving my room, etc. In the five years that I was gone, my parents pretty much kept my room as I left it, and I insisted on it. But now, what is the point? Well I guess as long as they don't need it for anything else, they COULD leave it as is. But this was supposed to be a happy entry. This was supposed to be about how excited I am to break out my green kitchenware and use them again. Right now, they are sitting in boxes in the garage. Maybe I can even get my Dead Man Recliners from the Berkshire Palace, but that might be kind of difficult. I'm excited to redecorate my room...and if I were rich enough to get my own place, I can decorate EVERYTHING just as I want!! Most likely though, my room in the new place will be just like all my past rooms...full of stuff and colorful. I can't help it. That is just me. I can't have a THEME or I can't just have a simple room. I love picture frames. I love little thingies to put everywhere. I love decorations. And packing. Ugh. I hate moving. Boxes. Wrapping up stuff. Boxes. Goodbyes. Ugh. I shouldn't started on this subject. =( |
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