Today I painted my new house!
Okay, so I didn't paint the whole thing, but I did paint the living room, along with the help of my friends. I shouldn't take all the credit. If I had done it alone, I'm sure I would still be sitting there painting, angry and tired that it was taking so darn long. Either that, or I would have given up and surrendered myself to a bad movie and bag of chips. But fortunately Sara sacrificed her homework for one more day and Jessica's husband is out of town, so they were both there to help. Sara lives there, so she is a little more committed to the cause, but Jessica did it purely out of the goodness of her heart. Good ol' Jess.
Anyway, we painted the living room a golden tan color with one accent wall-- peacock blue. I know, I know, it seems a little extreme. But I think that the colors turned out very pretty. We are now thinking of an entire peacock theme to tie in all of the colors, and our friend Nick is even pitching in, adding some of his art to dress the room up. I'm excited to see it all done in the end. We recently painted the kitchen Sara's favorite shade of green. Nick also contributed a couple of pieces of art in that room, and now we have what I think is one of the coolest college houses of all time.... keeping in mind our limited budget and our bold sense of style.
Over all, I am very excited to be in a house this year. It is very liberating compared to an apartment where you can't really decorate or change anything. Plus, it feels more like a home.
So in conclusion, I just want to say, yay. Yay for paint, yay for artwork, yay for affordable houses, yay for school starting, and yay for life. I feel pretty happy to be alive.