What the Bismarck?

I had all these plans for things I wanted to do for the rest of 2014 and going into 2015. Then, the stars aligned and promptly crushed all said plans with a cackle and cheeky grin.

I should have known. Planning out my life never seems to work out despite my best Type A-ish efforts, but even the best psychic could not have guessed under any circumstances is that I would be making plans to move to the Great Plains of Bismarck, North Dakota.

After the first post, had a barrage of friends texting me, "What the Bismarck?"

Good question.

Just kidding. Actually, my man-friend Josh (frequently my subject in my pictures against his will), was promoted at his job. So there is an entirely logical reason for why we are voluntarily relocating 8ish hours from all friends and family.

But, if you can't tell I'm actually kind of excited about it! Why? Well, if you don't already know, the man-friend and I have been long distance for nearly all five years of our romantic relationship. So the opportunity to finally be united under the same roof, trumps the location.

How does that Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros song go? "Home is wherever I'm with you." And they're right. So, come Spring 2015, we pack up and hop the border.

In the mean time, I'll be soaking up all the glorious places, faces, tastes and activities I can during my last remaining months as a Minnesota resident!

On a related note: I hope I don't have to change my license...

New Beginnings

They (whoever they are)  say you only have one life to live, but I must wholeheartedly disagree.

Moving boxes and the man-friend. It has begun.

I'm 26 years old, and I swear I have lived what feels like a thousand lives in my short time on this earth. I was once a mute, shy and awkward-- oblivious to what the world had to offer. Another time I was a party girl, just one Greek t-shirt shy of a sorority. Then there was the life where I was a jellyfish: moving--albeit slowly-- fluidy on my way to nowhere in particular. 

But now I'm here, and it seems like the paths of my past are converging; ending, and starting anew all at once... time for the next life.

Where I've been in comparison to where I'm going seems hilarious, and if you ask me to, I'll gladly tell you it all, but for today I'll keep it relatively brief. As fate would have it, I'm moving in with my man-friend. Most certainly the beginning, and end, of an era.

Our story, although certainly not original, will surely provide comic relief. But aside from our unholy union taking a pit stop in the Twin Cities, we relocate our romance to the Great Plains of Bismarck, North Dakota.

Yes, that Bismarck. 

Plot twiiist!

Welcome to my adventure, friends.

-XO