Chauuuuu departamento

Tomorrow is my big moving day! Which also means, tonight is my last night in this comfy bed (where I'm writing) in this gorgeous apartment. I have been so incredibly lucky to live here the past six months (gracias Nelo y Ximena!). It was definitely an adjustment living alone, but now I love it. It's going to be interesting going back to living in a shared space again. I'll miss the quiet (well, except for that awful traffic, those car alarms, dogs barking, etc. that wake me up at 3, 4 and 5 in the morning!) and privacy. It's been such a blessing to have a safe haven to come home to after an overwhelming day at school with my angels or just pure exhaustion from living in this huge, foreign city.

I'll miss the views out the window of the cordillera (on clear days) and the lights at night. I also got amazing sunset views from my bedroom window. I'll miss walking to the metro, oh, you were good to me Cristobal Colon! I'll miss the Blockbuster across the street and my 780-peso-Tuesday-night movies. I'll miss the park near Francisco Bilbao and the Sunday afternoon closing of Sanchez Fontecilla so families can walk, jog, run or ride bikes freely through the street. I'll miss my friendly and trusty security guards downstairs (Marcos and David). I'll miss being able to walk to my friends' apartments and favorite pizza restaurant-Tiramisu. I'll miss my walks to Jumbo too. I'll miss the corner coffee shop (Doce Trece) that saved me when my stolen internet was being fickle. I'll miss the little window in the shower where I could look out into the city while washing the smog off my body for the millionth time. I'll miss the walls covered in closet doors. I'll miss that shudder that goes down over the outside of the bedroom window that I just found out about a month ago. I'll miss the water pressure. I'll miss my little nook in the kitchen where I enjoyed breakfast and once. I'll miss all of the Friends episodes on DVD. I'll miss my trash chute.

But I WON'T miss those gastos comunes.

So long, Mariano Sanchez Fontecilla 1180, Dpto. 1203...you've been good to me!!