i’m moving in with my partner in less than two weeks!

In approximately 11 days, my boyfriend and I will be living in a new apartment together. 

I am beyond excited. He’s my best friend, and my love, and every second spent with him is everything I'll ever need. 

His family has also been so supportive. Not only of the move, but of us as a team. I’ve never felt supported in that way by my previous partner's family. The option to move in together was always a touchy subject and almost something I couldn't ever bring up, even though it felt like the next step.

But this time, it feels so natural, not forced, and we have so many people who support our decision to start this journey together, and I could not be happier. 

There’s so much to consider when moving into an apartment with your partner. Suddenly you have become a unit, a family even, and you won't just have you to think about anymore. 

We haven't even moved in yet, and the excitement is literally eating me alive!! Here's a pic of our galley style kitchen. I'm obsessed.

Not the most obsessed with the blue backsplash, so I plan to put some cute spanish style peel & stick tiles to personalize it a little better. The bar at the end is super cute though! We definitely need to accessorize with some barstools and cute statement cups/glasses in the exposed cabinet there.

I can't wait to cook in this kitchen. I can't wait- to make new memories here. I want to learn new recipes, and start baking more.

But - la pièce de résistance! The bathroom!

The marble. The double shower heads. The glass enclosure. GAH! And for $950/mo.

Get in the apartment business folks, I swear it is THE life hack to moving out on the CHEAP!!

Anyways-

I am extremely thankful to be where I am in life right now. Being 20, I feel like I need to overachieve in every aspect of my life, but to reach a milestone like this with the person I love, feels like I've finally truly achieved something.

Not that moving in with a partner has been a lifelong dream of mine, you don't just dream of something like that, it just sort of happens to you if you let it. And I think I've finally learned that while going through this transitional phase with Matt, packing up our homes in anticipation of soon creating one together, and coming to terms with the fact that it will be our new reality.

It makes me giggle just writing about it, I really am so excited.

Matt and I kind of just agreed on it one day. I toured him at the apartment complex I work at, and we chatted unassumingly about prices, and the discount I’d be getting if I lived where I worked. Suddenly, through mild and joke-filled conversation, we started to read between the lines of what the other was hinting. And then it all made sense in one instant. We’re two adults who are madly in love, financially stable, and ready to take this next step in our relationship. What a feeling!

I shall update.

xo, zo.