Saying Goodbye to Life on Lowell

Well apartment on Lowell, you've been good to us.  Athough you have your quirks... for example, any time it reaches above 20 degrees Celsius outside you turn into a heat box and force us to eat dinner on our bedroom floor (that's where the air conditioning unit is), you've been great. But really, we've had a wonderful year. I can't say it was our very first apartment together because we did spend four months in London (Ontario), but I can say that it really felt like a new chapter in our lives. A great one actually :). Zack was in teachers college at Brock and I found a full time job that I truly enjoyed.  I felt like we were establishing our own little home.  We spent our first Christmas as a married couple here, watched the seasons change, went on many walks around our charismatic neighbourhood, cooked many special meals here, and would often sit in the living room with a glass of red wine, discussing our days and getting lost in our atlas (it's true. We have become map nerds).  Along the way, we've gathered small items that really made our apartment somewhere that we enjoyed to be.  I have loved creating our home this past year into one that just was "us".  I've posted these photos on one hand to practice using my camera (gotta get ready to take some epic pics!!) but on the other hand, to remember this apartment and this past year in our lives.  I will definitely miss the little things about home.  It wasn't easy for me to completely change direction.  I found a job that was fitting for me, and where I saw a lot of room for growth.  Things could not have been going better.  But life happens. And I am NOT one to turn down an experience like this one.  There are still many uncertainties, but I am taking them on full force.  As of now, I have no idea where I'll be working come the fall, or even if I'll even find work at all.  We don't know where we'll be living, or who we will make friends with.  We don't even know if we’ll like it over there.  Yikes. That's enough about the uncertainties.  When it comes down to it, as we currently are packing our belongings in cardboard boxes, I can't say I'd rather be doing anything else. So goodbye apartment on Lowell, you'll be missed.