But first, breakfast:
Warm and delicious Pumpkin Baked Oatmeal.
On a whim, I made my boatmeal with coconut butter as the fat source. As it turns out, coconut butter pairs really well with pumpkin. Not that I expected any different; coconut butter pairs really well with everything!
And this single-serving recipe never fails me.
I also ate the last of my samples of Vegan Greek Yogurt.
Then, after breakfast, it was time to meet a friend… and move into our new place!!
That’s my big news. (See? I told you it was something that was a huge deal to me, but that y’all probably wouldn’t care about. Your guesses about me running away with my blind date were much more interesting!)
We spent Thursday, Friday, and some of Saturday moving furniture, unpacking boxes, and organizing everything. The actual process of moving is never any fun, and I’m definitely not a stranger to it.
As a child, my parents bounced me all over the world: London, Tokyo, Philadelphia, Manila, Shanghai, and Dallas. And the bouncing didn’t stop when I got out on my own, moving first to a dorm in freshman year of college. When I transferred to SMU, a friend and I found an apartment together. Junior year, I moved to a single apartment after my friend graduated, and it was an adorable little place. But I arrived home one day to find a note taped to the door that said: “Move out, because we are demolishing your apartment to make room for the George Bush Library.”
Ugh.
So I got another apartment, with a roommate. And then, tired of all the moving, I moved back in with my parents for senior year. Living at home was awesome. It was free, familiar, and I got to see the people (and puppies!) I most love in the world. However, it’s just too easy to pretend you’re still a kid when you live at home. I was ready to get out on my own again and be independent.
Question of the Day:
If you don’t live with your parents, when did you move away from home?
Or when do you think you will leave home? Although I’ve lived on my own before, this is the first time I’ll truly be independent; paying my own rent and bills.
P.S. Can someone quickly go “like” my Facebook page?
I’d be so grateful… I know it sounds ridiculous, but I’m superstitious and am scared of 6666s! 😕
I went to college 4 hours away but came back and lived with my folks every summer. Then, once I had graduated, I planned to pay off my student loans and my car as quickly as possible. The ultimate plan was to save up for a downpayment and get my own home but then they closed down our office and we all lost our jobs. Those plans are still on the back burner. But I lived with Mom and Dad until I was 27 and then got my own apt. More and more people my age are living with Mom & Dad now it seems. Pretty commonplace now with the job market and economy.
So true! A lot of my friends still live with their parents (or moved back after college), especially if they are having trouble finding jobs. Selfishly, I like it because it means I get to see my friends more often since they haven’t moved away ;).
Congratulations on moving! 😀
Wow, that’s awesome, Katie! Congratulations on your new place – I hope you’ll eventually show some pictures :)! It truly feels nice to be independent and live on your own.
I kinda thought u might move out! congrats 🙂
I moved out when I was 20 years old and I don´t regret it at all. Sure, I could have moved out earlier, but I was good waiting for another while, until I finally felt ready. Love it 🙂 Absolutely love it. (though I enjoy being at home for now, before going abroad once again ;))
Haha yes, I remember I think you guessed it once when I posted about going to Ikea a few months ago!
Yay, congrats! I don’t live with my parents and it’s nice to have the independence, but it’s also nice to go home and have free food and someone who cooks for me! My parents are pretty great 🙂
Happy moving! 🙂 I hope it goes really well and realllllly fast!
Hi Katie! Congrats on the big move, it’s definitely exciting! I was bounced around a lot as a kid too actually… any chance you went to the American School in Japan when you were in Tokyo? 🙂 It’s a small international community!
Yes I did!!! When were you there? I only went there for pre-school… but we might know some of the same people!
How funny! I was there from 1rst-3rd grade and then 8th grade till graduation.. haha, leave it to my family to move to Tokyo twice. Hmm we may have overlapped a bit – how old are you again? I’m 23, so I think 1rst -3rd grade was uhhhh 94-96? I could be wrong though.. I’m terrible about recalling years 🙂
I’m 25… we probably just missed each other, but I bet if we compared yearbooks, we’d see some of the same people!
Well actually, since you’re 2 years older but was there for pre-school while I was there for 1-3rd grade, we probably even own some of the same yearbooks! Seems like we were there the same exact time.. how funny!
Ummm wait nevermind. My logic is totally flawed haha. You’re older than me, so that doesn’t make sense! We must’ve just missed each other 🙂
Congrats on moving girly! I haven’t lived at home since the summer after my freshman year in college. Currently, I am very nervous because I graduate from nursing school in December and I have NO idea where I want to go. I don’t want to have to move back home at all–after living alone for so long it is just kind of annoying to live back under the parents roof!
Yeah, that’s how I felt… I loved being home, but it was so weird to live at home after being on my own!
I feel the same way! I lived at home for a few months before volunteering with India, and my mom totally acted like I was 14 again. I remember going out for a walk in the evening and I came home and my mom was really frantic saying “you have to tell us when you leave the house!” This was in small town WV, when I had just come back from living in the 2nd most dangerous city in the country on my own, and I was 24 years old…
“P.S. Can someone quickly go “like” my Facebook page?
I’d be so grateful… I know it sounds ridiculous, but I’m superstitious and don’t like 13’s”
Lol! You are such a cutie! I’ve already Liked your page on FB so when I tried again it wouldn’t let me!
Congrats on the move! How exciting!
Awww lol YOU are such a sweetheart :).
I moved out on the morning of my 18th birthday.
It was NOT pretty.
I moved out for reasons of my own, from anger to loneliness, and my boyfriend (at the time) helped me move all of my stuff. I had nowhere to stay for about four days and then I found an apartment, which I had to pay in full for.
Again, NOT pretty.
However! As time went by, my family and I grew closer and we understood each other on a deeper level. I am very thankful that, through the pain and suffering, everything worked out better than expected. I can finally say “I love you” to my dad without feeling awkward.
Through this experience, I can say distance really does make the heart grow fonder. I love my family.
Pardon me if I’ve said too much. 🙂
You could never say too much! Long comments are my favorite… maybe because it reassures me that I’m not the only chatterbox in the world? 😉
Heheh, understood. I’m usually a very quiet person but, bring up a topic and ask me at the right time and I won’t stop talking!