i'm terrified.
i'm so intensely, abundantly, uncontainably, happy that it's scary.
i was talking to someone this weekend and i casually said, 'yeah, i love where i live... for the first time in my life i love where i live.' and it hit me. really, for the first time EVER i LOVE where i live. i have never been so deeply satisfied.
this city has felt like home from the moment i set foot. it has been welcoming, exciting, and almost easy - even with the many challenges.
i quite luckily stumbled on a good apartment, with good roommates (yeah, plural, but it's ok), i love my location (i have a killer view from my roof:
),
i've made friends (!!), i really like my job and totally love the people i work with, i can actually say, 'i'm a photographer', i have way more fun than is necessary, ... and i even like a boy (gasp!).
that hardly scratches the surface, but it's a start.
i'm happy.
and it's amazing.
~j