A Room with a View

To preface this, you have to remember that I have lived in:

• more college dorms & apartments than I care to count (but thankfully all with my roommate Christine).
• a super small, yellow, one-person house that we insisted could hold three girls (ahh, good times in the C.S.).
• a basement apartment in NYC with no real windows to the outside world (but with a decorative window in the living room that even fooled the building safety inspector).
• two different NoVA apartments surrounded by traffic congestion (AKA The Beltway).

Because of these unforgettable, and actually wonderful, experiences I have learned that I can live almost anywhere and make the best of it. Big or small, windows or no, I will make do with what I have. And thankfully I have been blessed with awesome roommates over the years that made all the difference in the world!

Brian on the other hand is very picky about where he lives--not picky in a stuck up way by any means, but picky as in particular and knowing exactly what wants/doesn't want. His biggest sticking point is that he LOVES natural light--the more light the better. He would almost go crazy when he would come to visit me in NYC due to the lack of natural light in the place.

Well when we moved to San Diego he finally got his wish. Our new place is almost more windows than walls and he has all the natural light he could ever want. Even I have to admit how great it is to have so much light. We're going to have to tell the Navy that we can't ever move because almost any other place will pale in comparison to what we have here. And the view! I can sit at the kitchen table and look out the window all day (which is so not good for my study habits!). The apartment still has its shortcomings--not enough storage space, no screens on the windows or porch door to keep the cats in & other things out, walls that mark up too easily if you brush something against them, etc.--but overall it is an awesome place and we couldn't be happier. 

As promised in an earlier post, here is a badly narrated video tour of the place. And seriously, you should come visit! We'd love to have you! :)