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! 😕
the george bush library, really?
yikes…………a note on the door?
sounds like the break up in sex in the city.
Haha, like you my parents had my brother and I moving from place as children. 🙂 Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Singapore, Fukuoka, the US, Manila… When I moved back to Canada for college, my parents had to stay on so my dad could finish his posting in Manila, so that’s when I left my parents. I stayed in a dorm for a year, too… It was horrible! Did you have a better experience?
And… seriously. The George Bush Library? 😐
My dad went early to China (6 months before us), and that sucked. But otherwise, we were lucky to always be together.
Oh, what I meant was, did you have a better experience living in a dorm than I did? I know university dorms vary greatly across countries, or even provinces and states. 😛
My dad actually did that for all of our postings! (Flying ahead half a year earlier.) It’s very fortunate that you managed to stay together, always. 🙂 Must’ve made the actual move a little bit more of a family effort, no?! Because my dad was always going ahead, our stuff would usually be sent ahead and waiting for us by the time we arrived, and there would at least be some sort of order in the apartment or house we’d move into.
By the way! Where did you live in Manila? I lived in Taguig/Metro Manila, not far from Makati. And did you ever get to experience any typhoons while you lived there? (Not fun…! But sure make for great stories!)
Ayala Alabang (hehe, I love Tagalog names!)
Luckily, we didn’t experience any typhoons… just a TON of mosquitoes. Yuck!
That is very exciting! I’m still in high school but I plan on moving out as soon as I get to college. Some people like their family and would love to just stay with them always but my situation is quite different. I gotta get out! I hope you like your new place!
That totally sucks that they made you move the the George Bush Library. 😛
I moved out from my parent’s directly after college. I literally was home for a week while they finished the flooring, then moved back down by college (1.5 hr away) into the tiniest apartment ever. But, it was mine, and I loved it anyway! It’s fantastic to be independent.
That is exciting news! I moved out late- when I was 25 I think- when me and Andy bought our home together.We did look at renting earlier but thought we would be better to save the money. 🙂
Baked oatmeal looks amazing
I left home at around 19, but paid rent since the age of 17, so it was sort of like I was on my own at home lol, but not really. I now own my own home (with my husband of 13yrs), and though there is always that little bit of anxiety about making ends meet and such, I am so grateful to have a place to rest my head at night 😀 It’s something I never thought I would be able to do (buy a house that is, not rent one), and when that dream came true, I was so ecstatic.
Congrats on your new place, it’s the beginning of a wonderful new life 😀
congrats!! You are going to have so much fun =))
I just moved into my own place. My parents are footing the bill but it’s my first place that isn’t a dorm room. It was sort of weird at first–especially because I don’t have roommates. But I’ve grown to really love it. It’s sort of funny how something so foreign at the start can grow to feel like home.
Congrats on your move!!
Congratulations on the move!
I lived at home all through college and through a master’s degree (which is the same home in which I spent my enitre childhood). I moved out when I started my PhD just over 3 years ago. Now, I am happy enough to stay here for as long as possible–moving is the pits!
Yay, congratulations!!!!!
I also first moved out when I went to college. Ironically, at the age of 42, I, along with my Hubby, the kids, and dog, will be moving in with HIS parents. Between the economy and his dad’s surgery (and the fact that they have a HUGE house), it makes the most sense.