Moving In! - Day 1

WHOOHOO!

Guys, it's official. I've got my own place. My own digs. My own pad. My own casa. My own APARTMENT.

Aw. Yeah.

Today marked the first day of moving my stuff in. Having successfully unloaded all of my boxes and furniture from the truck, I think I can confidently speak for both my mom and myself when I say "good riddance" to the 16' Penske beast. That thing was not fun to deal with, believe me.

As luck would have it, it turns out that the apartment is a pretty sweet setup. It's in a VERY nice complex (which I plan on exploring later), has a ton of space, lots of windows for ambient lighting, a porch, my own walk-in closet, and a great kitchen that I plan to make full use of.

Anyways, the roadtrip is over. I've made it to California. I'm here to stay for a while. And I'm absolutely stoked. I've still got a long ways to go in terms of getting settled, but it's really starting to feel like my new home!

Here are some pics from the trip and of my new place. You can click on any of them to get larger photos. =)

The truck and me.

My mom, the truck driver.

THIS is why moving is expensive. We were averaging 75$+ a stop...

A nice walkway in my apartment complex.

This is the guy I park next to. Hehe.

Thumbs up, let's do this.

Welcome welcome! There's my couch on the wall over there.

This is my work desk, aka, my art desk. It's lit really well, and it looks out across my living room onto the patio. I'm going to set up my TV (when I get one) so that I can watch TV while I draw. Oh, and that's the kitchen in the back.

And this is my patio.

Here's the view from my patio across the living room.

I even have my own walk in closet! I've never had my own walk in closet before! =)

That's it! We are DONE with this thing.

And this is just a random mirror shot. Because I like to take these kinds of pictures.

And that's it for now! Tomorrow I'm going to be doing less of the "moving stuff" and more of the "moving in." Supposedly I'll have a bed to sleep on by tomorrow night as well. So that'll be sweet. My first night officially sleeping in my new apartment. Ha! This is so cool.