Home, new home

[serene]

New (cute, funky) apartment in Oakley/Berkland: check
New job that I like: check
Fun hippychick groceries from Berkeley Bowl: check
People who love me and are rooting for me: check

*happysigh*

So Saturday, the 24th, will be the housewarming, but feel free to call or write, and we can get together before then, energy and time permitting. I plan to try to balance social stuff with creating a happy nest here. I hope that if you're in my general neighborhood, you will feel free to come and hang out and eat fun hippychick groceries with me. Once we get settled in, I plan to have a weekly open-house time, too, and someotherguy is planning to start up a D&D game once his work schedule clears up a little. Life is fun, and getting funner, and I have a lot of you to thank. (And extra thanks to stonebender and Carol, who have been *amazing* through all this, and to Ilona, who let us make her apartment home base for househunting for two weeks.

I miss my mom and the munchkins (and, of course, cute-poet-chick), but I'm already so happy here. I can't wait to see what the next year brings me. I'm hoping it's lots of peaceful times with friends and loves, and an end to the current US regime.

Spent the weekend meeting someotherguy's family. It was great, and I'll write more about it later if I've the energy and the internet connection. Thanks, everyone, for the good wishes. I have so much love for you all.

Comments

Happiness

[tedesson.livejournal.com]

I was reading an item from Martin Seligman (http://www.authentichappiness.org/news/news1.html) the other day, and he suggests that of the three routes to happiness, choosing to live a good life and choosing to live a meaningful life are the most sure.

I'm glad you're choosing a good and meaningful life!

[jenhowell.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on your happiness and your new living situation!

Aaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrggggggh!!!!!!!

[the-ogre.livejournal.com]

I'll be in SoCal visiting rampling on the 24th.

Oh well.

I should prolly come over & visit some other time, hmm?

[kightp.livejournal.com]

I'm sooooo happy things are turning out so wonderfully for you.

Less happy, I'll confess, that the housewarming is on the 24th, as that's a pretty sure sign you won't be in Colorado Springs that weekend, but I'll survive.

Yay!

[firecat]

I won't be able to make the housewarming, because I'll be at alt.polycon, but let's plan another get-together soon.

[pyrzqxgl.livejournal.com]

Hurray!!!

[futabachan.livejournal.com]

*frubble* *frubble*

Innit great when everything comes together?

[purpletigron.livejournal.com]

Hoo-ray!! :-)

[nex0s.livejournal.com]

well, hopefully when i am in Berkeley next, i can come by and eat hippychick groceries with you then :D

congrats!

n.

[emperor]

The Atlantic prevents me from joining you, but have a good housewarming!

[the-maenad.livejournal.com]

w00t for you! Will be there in spirit, or ectoplasm, or something. Have a great housewarming and a great life.

[mistdog.livejournal.com]

Sounds good.

I'll be in your general neighbourhood (SF, which looks like neighbourhood from this distance) in June, maybe you can find a hippychick coffee shop for us to have lunch in?

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Yay new home!

Don't forget to send me your address!

[danger-chick.livejournal.com]

*pout* *pout* I might be in San Deigo in June. *pout* *pout*

[artemii.livejournal.com]

congrats & all my best!! :-)

[circumspectly.livejournal.com]

i'm excited for you! there are definitely days when i miss my gypsy shoes and my free spirited moving around. definitely. today. heh.

job? what kind of job did you get? do tell.

you gonna post pics of your groovy cute funky apartment soon? curiosity, you know.

[leandra333.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the new home and job. Welcome to the Bay Area! *hugs*

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Welcome to the Bay Area! I'm glad you're already so happy here. :-)

[misanthropoid.livejournal.com]

I'm glad to hear that you found a place to lay your head, fill your cupboards, and replenish your wallet all while maintaining contact with the people who make you happy. Now that it's done I can stop pooh-poohing and acknowledge that wow, that's a daunting set of tasks.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

Yay, welcome!

[trinker.livejournal.com]

Yaay, cute home, yaay, new job, yaay, yummy groceries, yaay, people who love you!

[therealjae.livejournal.com]

I'm *so glad* that everything is working out exactly like you hoped. You deserve that. :-)

-J