this poster hangs at the top of the stairs in our ballet studio

While in New York, I missed a whole week of ballet class. I returned today, my first day back, to find that I was now officially in Ballet III and that my class had moved to the big studio. I realize, that having never seen my ballet studio, this means nothing to you, but to me, it was…kind of a big deal.  ;c)  Scary because the doors of the larger studio are usually left open, and I and other students, usually gaze longingly at the talented advanced dancers (like ballet 6) as they practice.  Now being in the bigger studio, means there is potential for people to see in while I am dancing, and I still feel like I have no idea what I am doing!  Also scary, because our class merged with another, and now we are one huge class, full of lots of people who I have never met, or seen dance. Exciting because, this means I am getting better and stronger.

blank canvas

Also new, exciting, and scary is that our roommate Marcey has moved out. This means John and I now have a huge two bedroom apartment all to ourselves! John and I haven’t lived alone in almost a decade. About a year after we started dating, we moved out into our fist apartment together, my first time living on my own.  After about two years, we moved in with some friends, because, well we were young, and I had never done something like that before. I mean in theory, it sounds awesome, who doesn’t want to live with some of their best friends? And for the most part it really was fun. But I can say that, we have wanted to live just the two of us again for some time. But we never had a problem with any of our roommates, and honestly, it sure as hell was cost effective!  But this time when Marcey said she was moving out (to move in with her boyfriend, in their own place, exciting for her) we knew we weren’t going the have anyone else move in.  I mean, it’s time, we are nearly married!  Being almost 30 and having roommates, may seem weird to some, but hey, its San Francisco, it’s expensive.  So while we are really excited about this new phase, and new house projects, we are also a bit scared, because like I said, San Francisco is expensive.  I think these next few month might be a bit rocky, trying to figure out how to suddenly pay nearly double our rent, and somehow still save for a wedding…yikes. But hopefully we will get it figured out quickly and get back to saving, without killing ourselves.

In the mean time, we sure have a lot of work to do in the new Office/ManRoom. Time to start painting, decorating, and arranging!  That room sitting empty is just too much for John to handle. Im thinking about neutrals (like wood and aged paper colors) mixed with blacks and a strong dark gray. I better try to hunt up some inspiration images quick, as Johns not one for waiting. He needs that room done yesterday!