welcome home.

i need to make the trek to u village pretty soon and pick up art supplies at the bookstore, i.e. a few canvases and paint. all i can think about these days is moving into my own place. i'm nowhere near my financial goal at this point but that was over by about 4 or 5 grand, so i still have enough to get by. i'm .5 seconds away from buying a 50" plasma screen tv.. totally unnecessary, but i've never been extravagant so i'm deeming it as ok.

i'm really going to use a lot of discretion in choosing my next apartment.. i want hardwood floors, a cool view- preferably of the water, which i miss like crazy- somewhere where i can walk to work and to friends' houses, modern yet very comfortable, all appliances working as opposed to my apartment right now where our dryer hasn't had a heating coil for about 3 or 4 weeks [grrr], and most of all just to have alone time. i NEVER get alone time unless i close the bar and no one's awake anymore. i guess i don't understand how at least one of us is home all the time..

i need to start walking to work like joe. get away from even the people watching activities on the bus. i can actually have secrets that other people don't observe because they live with me, where they don't hear any news in my life at the same time i do. moral of the story, i want privacy when i need it- and i am NOT a very private person. if i want to run around naked, i will be able to come mid-july or august.

i'm not sure where exactly i want to live: capital hill, eastlake, south lake union, waterfront... but those 4 areas are sounding the most appealing as of this point. close to downtown yet removed enough for me. the water aspect of it all is becoming more and more of a priority the more i think about it. i can just imagine sitting on my balcony or standing and just staring at the water with a cup of coffee.

i'm a huge list person, so i'm making a wish list of things i would ideally, although expensively, have for my new apartment:

+ that 50" plasma screen

+ king sized bed so my feet won't hang off once in my life

+ new bedding

+ sectional couch

+ a plant :)

i'm assuming when i acquire the bed, if at all, will be later on but a girl can dream, can she not?

i always have a mixed reaction when people encourage me to not focus too closely on money. part of me is like well yeah, obviously don't let it consume you, blah blah blah, but the other half says why not? i'm the type of person who enjoys spoiling friends, being in a position where i'm able to help if needed, and just feeling secure in the fact that i earned for myself financial security as a result of a series of good decisions. but enough of further proving that i am a walking contradiction.