Settling In

I've now been in San Francisco right about 6/7 months (time flies!). I'm into my very own apartment, which I've finally managed to furnish with actual real-person furniture (okay a few things are still from Ikea). And as exciting as it is to see each piece of the new home fall into place, I get hints every once in a while of this feeling. This feeling that I'm TERRIFIED of being so settled in! We have a couch, a NICE one, that I had to move in a big truck. We have an actual bed frame (as opposed to the glorious days of a mattress on the floor). I even ended up with a fondu maker, which was included in a recent kitchen ware acquisition (and no it still hasn't emerged from its box). 

These are things that, next time I move (and we all know I'm going to move again). I might actually have to get a moving truck to transfer them, instead of stuffing things into the trunk of a mid-sized sedan and selling the rest...okay I may actually just sell everything again the next time, we'll have to see.

Okay, I have to admit I'm having a little bit of fun with it all...trying to find things that work and match and not just picking up whatever I find that is easiest to transport via a Craigslist add. While it's fun to be getting nicer stuff, always in the back of my mind these acquisitions remind me that I am getting settled here. That I can't easily pack up my life into a few bags and fly across the country for the next adventure.

But the exciting thing is that I have so much to explore here in San Francisco. While I've done well to explore many parts of this city, I haven't even made it over to the Marina area or the neighborhoods along the ocean. I haven't been to SF's own Little Italy, nor have I really gone and visited China Town. And then there are ALL the places around San Francisco that are so very close. Marin, wine country, Berkeley, Oakland, Montery...the list goes on and on!

To say the least, I have a lot to explore in this beautiful new city and I've only gotten started. While it still scares me to be somewhat settled, I think I've finally found a place that I won't mind settling in for a while. (Though a call from London today is making me realize that that's probably going to be my next stop ;)