What do you meeeeeean I’m an adult?! What do you meeeeeean I’m almost 30 and this apartment is now all mine. Yup. Somewhere between astonished, terrified, and elated is where I sat on my secondhand sofa last night. Let me explain.

I grew up in a house where my mother, bearer of 4 children, was the biggest kid of all. She didn’t pay her own bills, and when she did they were never on time, she didn’t really cook all that often, she rarely cleaned, and I can remember times where she was never up before 12pm. An oversized teenager depicted her character greatly. A newly turned teen at that.

So when I found myself  at the age of 18 moving into an apartment with 4 familiar faces from my adolescence I was in a little over my head. I didn’t really where to start with this thing called adulthood. But I survived. Sort of. And that has been the consistent reoccurring theme through the 9 years. I have survived. I will always survive. But it’s always been in the company of other people. In a shared space. With shared responsibilities. That ends this Sunday.

My roommate of 3 years is moving out, my sister who’s been staying with me is now off finding her own place, and well that leaves just me. ME! Responsible for this 2 bedroom, 1 garage, pet dwelling apartment. MEEE!!!!

Whoa. Maybe that’s not a big deal for normal people, but I mean if my life were normal I wouldn’t have created this blog.

The furniture in this house? Not my once upon a time best friend’s, not my current dancing male cohabitant’s, it’s mine. I bought it. IVE NEVER OWNED ANYTING! I don’t even own my car, I finance! But I own this furniture. This glorious samosa sofa. (Secondhand, Craigslist, long story. I’ll probably blog about it as I am not currently obsessed with shopping on Craigslist) BUT ITS MINE!

I’ll have to get a dog sitter when I go away, all the bills will be in my name, this is MY APARTMENT! Let the adventures, misadventures most certainly begin.

Oh. I also start a new job in about 2 weeks! Change is on the horizon, and the sunrise never looked more nerve wreckingly beautiful.