and then my closet exploded

I'm sure it will not come as a surprise to anyone when I say, this has happened before. 

sometime back when I was in High School, we heard this loud crashing sound come from upstairs...and discovered that the bar in my closet had broken in half, and all the clothes were in a nice big pile.

fast forward, oh about 15 years later, to my new apartment...and this is what I found when I came home the other day:

of course this time I had put some heavy boxes up on the shelf...so lesson learned...boxes go on the floor :)

playing tourist

I've lived in Baltimore for...almost 9 years now...and there are still some places I've never gone...

so now that I have a fresh set of (super cute) eyes to take around with me...it's been really fun playing tourist in the city I've lived in for so long.

so this weekend, along with *officially* getting the keys to my apartment, having celebratory champagne and chinese food on the first night there, we also went to the Baltimore Aquarium and Zoo!

here are a few of my favorite pictures from the weekend!

Friday we had lunch at Little Havana

and then headed to the Aquarium, hoping to see the Dolphin show!

we found the dolphins! 

and of course it wouldn't be complete without a silly faced photo session...

and then on Saturday we went to the Zoo!

and celebrated all the new and happy things in life with the bottle of champagne Bonnie & Andy got me for finishing my Art degree...I had saved it for the perfect special occasion. 

more new apartment photos!

move-in is officially in t-minus 1 day! 

but here are a few more photos before I clutter it up with all my stuff!

a closet that might even be too big for my clothes!  maybe not the shoes though...

and washer and dryer...right outside the closet!

view from the bedroom/loft into the rest of the apartment

view from the rest of the apartment towards the loft

 

kitchen :)

 

and this little hiding place to store my Jen :D

a new apartment...and ice cream

it's past my "official" move-in date...but lucky for me, I've been granted access to my apartment...to wait for deliveries like my new couch (a pull-out sofa bed...hooray, guests!) and start slowly moving some things in...

it's weird to think I'll actually live here in just a few weeks time!

and then a visit from J complete with ice cream...not a bad day :D