Saturday, November 9, 2013

Everything's Coming Up Maren

Our new home!! :)
What better to do on a Saturday off is walk to the farmers market--which is now only two blocks away from my apartment--and then go sit in a coffee shop downtown. I am loving life in the city so far. It's incredibly freeing to be living on our own, and so much fun for me to decorate and make our apartment truly unique to us. 
Living Room
Coffee Bar and coat rack

There's something amazing about having a place that you can just completely call yours. When your home isn't just something your parents own, but what you own. 

the intensity that is my closet
This move is exactly what I needed this year. Just the simple fact that I am no longer living at home, has taken the whole idea of being stuck. 
Jewelry organization
bathroom
 Not only have I been settling into my new place, I also have made it into two productions, Junie B Jones: Jingle Bells Batman Smells at Youth Performance Company as Beth and Elf Ellen and Urinetown at Ashland Productions as Hope, and somehow managed to make it into Columbia Chicago for Fall 2014. What a blessing to have all of these positive events happening in my life right at a time when I was feeling so beaten down. 
Sometimes it just feels really good to have a couple good things tossed your way when you're stuck doubting yourself and your choices. I feel on top of my game right now, and I'm ready to take on the rest of this year by storm. Who knows what else this year will bring for me, both good and bad, but I'm ready for whatever the cities plan on throwing at me.