Moved In!!!!

Loft spaces, now empty boxes, and local coffee shops. Yesterday, we moved, packed the van, drove, unpacked the van, unpacked the boxes. We assembled shelves and clothing racks, made the bed, and piled up our books. No longer Jersey residents, we now inhabit Brooklyn, the once distant dream of perpetual postponement now actualized. This blog about moving to the city now actually takes place in the city. 

It turns out our landlord actually allowed us to move in two weeks early, and so our loft is technically still unfinished. Currently, there's no fridge, no stovetop or top counters, and our shower grout is drying. But we don't care. We venture out to local falafel and ramen shops, coffee shops, and food shops for whatever we need, happy to just be here, happy to not have to make our way to Penn station to return to Jersey at the end of the day. We woke this morning in city sidewalks, sunshine through new blinds, and a world of New Yorkers around us. 

We now await our roommate, who moves in his things this afternoon. The loft space will eventually be converted into a two bedroom through the help of dividers and partitions, but for the meantime, we all bunk down in what it is we have to work with. But we're here. In Brooklyn. Starting our life in the city.

A Thought:  I know it's getting cold and dopamine vitamin D levels drop when the season changes, but it's amazing the difference a smile and a hello can make to someone. Just seeing a receptive, open face can make a person happier, make them feel more a part of their surroundings and thusly make them feel more grounded.

A Find: Shops at the Loom. An awesome first floor little collection of stores on Flushing Ave that houses a boutique, a co-op, a yoga studio, a tattoo parlor, and an awesome coffee shop that also holds events. Such a cool little place to live by!!!