And thus begins "Reasons Why I Love Having My Own Apartment"...
- The biggest reason is that I am always welcome here. I call the shots and I make it my own. And I make it messy, too, but thats okay. I never have to question if I belong in this home because it is my own.
- I can listen to music every waking second around here if I want to. ANY kind of music. No judgement. Yeah, that's right, my Pandora mix shifts from hard rock to Disney to CCR in no time flat...now what? Oh yeah -- CRANK IT, of course!
- When I want to dance like crazy -- and I know I'm not really good at it -- the only one laughing at me for it is myself.
- I can come home to complete silence and solitude for 5 minutes, 30, an hour, a night...whatever feels right. And some days I just really, really need that.
- If I want to just snack all night instead of eating dinner, it's all good.
- I can leave dishes in the sink overnight if I want to...or load the dishwasher and start it as I'm going to bed without worrying about waking anyone else up.
- When I pack, I can take up however much space I want. In tonight's case, apparently I wanted to leave piles in every room of the apartment before making them all migrate to one location.
- I can sleep with the windows open whenever I want to, even on nights it drops down to the 40s. Yes, that actually happened last night. No, I was not happy getting out of bed to shut the window when I got up this morning. Yes, I did wake up very quickly. Yes, I am contemplating the effectiveness of that kind of alarm clock. No, I am not sleeping with them open again tonight. Yes, I like being able to feel my toes.
- When it comes to temperature control, I have Absolute Power. It's pretty nice. [Unless it's about 45 degrees outside and I've discovered the windows are kinda drafty but I refuse to turn on the heat regardless. Hello, heating blanket, we're going to be friends tonight.]
- I can pace and talk on the phone all I want without hearing "Stop pacing!!" I've been known to get that from just about everybody I've lived with at one point or another...until now.
- I don't get funny looks for bathing stuffed animals in the sink who have been infected with the snot of kindergarteners.
- Laundry day always consumes my living space...now in guilt-free form!
Hokay, on account of being super-sleepy and preparing for a long drive tomorrow, I'm going to call it done despite knowing there should be many more things on this list...
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This makes me wish I didn't have a roommate... although she works nights & is a student, so most of the time either she's sleeping while I'm awake or at work or in class. So in a way it's almost like living on my own!
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