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I’m going to have closet space!!!!!!!!!!

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Ok so a couple of blogs ago I mentioned how I was nesting a little bit and how a big part of that is that my partner and I were in the process of trying to buy an apartment. I didn’t talk much about it at the time because things were still VERY up in the air and I didn’t want to jinx things. That said, things are now much, much, much more solidified and I feel like I can talk about it publically. I’m beyond excited that we are buying an apartment, it’s really a dream come true for me to own our home, and the place we are moving into I absolutely gorgeous!

As expected things over the last week have revolved pretty solidly around everything that is happening with purchasing this apartment. It’s funny we’ve both become pretty addicted to playing online Tetris and ‘making the pieces fall into place’ which really serves as a larger metaphor for how well the process of home buying has gone so far. We’ve been so blessed with how quickly and smoothly this whole process has gone for us. This week brought lots of big changes, officially signing the contract, and writing the BIGGEST check either of us have ever seen, the seller signing the contract and returning it to our attorney, interviewing/getting quotes from movers, our selling date being completely set by all parties, our move in date being confirmed by all parties, and hiring our movers. We’ve also been doing lots of packing, and have listed our apt. In Harlem several times and shown it to a few people—no one has bitten yet but were’ hoping that soon we’ll have the place re-rented. We’ve started packing and our living room is not so slowly being overtaken by boxes and boxes and boxes (of course I’ve not even thought of starting to pack my clothes). Closing has been scheduled for June 25th and we’ve scheduled our move for June 26th!

Now, I’m sure you are all wondering about how this home buying business relates to femme blogging. Let me assure you, there is so much femme potential about this and it’s not just because we’re moving to Brooklyn where all my NYC femme friends have been trying to get us for years, but there are two very good and very concrete reasons why our new apartment = femme dream come true for me:

Number 1: CLOSET SPACE!!!!!
At our current apartment my partner and I share a closet- I have the lower half (so there is more room for my shoes) and Kestryl has the upper half. I’m sure that I don’t need to tell you how excited I am at the prospect of having my own closet! The closet that is mine even has built in interior shelves that will be ideal for storing my hats!

Number 2: FLAPPERS!!!
Yes I said flappers. Our new apartment building just so happens to be a restored 1920’s hotel!!!! I of course already have plans for writing lovely historical fiction stories about 1920’s high femmes and passing butches *swoon * Obviously the building has changed quite a lot since the 20’s but there is something completely breathtaking about the building lobby that just feels phenomenally femme to me- when you walk through it you can almost hear the clicking of flapper heels! I can hardly believe that in just over a week and a half it’s going to be our home!

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