And it's thrilling. I'm not sure what we were worried about before, thinking it would be too small, because it fits just right. I was telling Jess that I look around and feel like I've been given so much . . . even though I know mentally that the apartment is tiny and we don't have many things. It's such a satisfying feeling to feel satisfied.
Part of the reason we can appreciate the little so much is due to the grand finale of our first two months' living situation. I think if we had arrived here straightaway, our feelings of gratefulness would have been quite different. Don't get me wrong, we LOVED living in Santana with Bernadette and were sad to leave (we've already gone back to visit both her and the neighbourhood), but by the end our bedroom was serving us as a bedroom, a kitchen (our dried goods were stored above our clothes in the closet and our fruit ripened on the floor), and a laundry room (we strung up a clothesline back and forth over the foot of our bed)) . . . which lead to a general air of permanent claustrophobia. On top of that, Jess got quite sick and had to stay at home in bed for three days, soaking up the "crampedness" to the full during our last week.
By the time we came to see the apartment again before moving in, we were like, we thought this was too small? I still revel in the fact that when we buy groceries, they ALL get to stay in the kitchen! :)
I have plenty more to say, but as usual there are not enough hours in the day to do all I'd like to do. It's almost 9:30pm, our usual bedtime, and we're getting up extra early tomorrow to be able to get to the outdoor market in a park just around the corner from our apartment before we have to walk to work at 6:40am.
So for now, goodnight dear friends and family.
P.S. Please think about coming to visit . . . wherever you are!
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