Home Sweet Home

So as many people have pointed out, I usually luck out with my housing situations and end up in really nice places. The Consulate is really no exception, as you can probably guess from it's name. The management and staff are so incredibly nice and as soon as I met my manager, he said, "Welcome Home."

It has really helped my adjustment and I'm starting to feel at home even though my apartment doesn't really look like a home at all right now. The only furniture we have in the entire apartment right now is my bed in an IKEA box.

And of course, living with someone I know has really eased my move as well. I'm living with Chandana, someone who went to UCLA, I've known for two years, and is going to the same law school. We went out to dinner our first night here, bought some girly Smirnoff Ice drinks, and sat in our empty apartment last night to talk about everything until 2:30am.

And here are some pictures of my apartment: 1. First is my living room. It's hard to tell here but it's really spacious and has a cool octagonal shape because it's the corner apartment. There are steps down to the living room and the bar/cupboard area separates it from our dining room. 2. Next is my own bedroom. It was hard to take a picture of the whole thing but it's a nice size and all mine! 3. Our quaint and newly refurbished kitchen. 4. The pretty view from our really long patio since we're on the 9th out of 9 floors. We look out onto Rock Creek Park (kind of like DC's Central Park). 5. Alex sent me these pretty flowers, which really brightened up our barren and white apartment.



Hopefully soon we'll have some "after" pictures of a furnished apartment. Then it will really feel like home.