onward & upward

I have been eluding to the desire to leave Seattle for a long while. Various dreams and possibilities have been skipping around my mind, which you know, because I have been voicing them pretty frequently here, although a bit vaguely. I am confident enough now in this decision I have come to that I feel I can and should announce it here, if not for any other reason than to make sure that there's an audience of people holding me accountable! 

Sometime in the fall - probably September, I will be migrating to the east coast, where I will join my sister in New York City, New York. This may be temporary, or it may be a little more permanent - I am not sure quite yet, there are a few different factors I am still sorting out which will decide that for me. All I know is that it's time for a change of scenery; I do enough/too much complaining about my habitat. I've been trying to put my life back together for the past nine months by making baby-steps and now it's time to start making bigger strides. I think relocating to a place where I can get a fresh start and a new perspective on my life is a good place to begin. 

All this to say that I have a lot of stuff to get rid of (and a lot of money that I still need to save up for the move... I will begrudgingly admit that it's probably to my benefit that my Rachel Comey clog dream didn't come true). I am hoping to clean out roughly three-quarters of my closet and only keep the basics, the bare necessities*. To begin I'd like to sell items here, which is something I have tried before, albeit pretty lazily. I will be selling some new things, a couple by the likes of A.P.C., Mociun, etc., but mostly nice, gently used vintage clothes and shoes.

Photographing, measuring and posting everything can take up the better half of a day, so I may not get to this for a couple of weeks - but if you trust my taste, if you would please spread the word to your friends when the time comes so that this can be as successful as possible. I may even throw in a few little gifts or something! I have no idea what those would be, but I'm sure I'll come up with some sort of nice perk. 

For whatever reason, it seems appropriate now to get a little sappy and mention how much I love keeping my blog, and how each of you make it all the  more special to me. Journaling has always been something I found that I needed to do - I have somewhere near 20 of them packed full from my teens and early twenties. It's a form of therapy and creative expression for me. Marmunia for a long time now has been a special place where I can document things of importance in my life. There have been many ups and downs since I first wrote here, and being able to send my thoughts and feelings out into a big, unknown space has been extremely necessary for me at times. There may only be a handful who comment, but I know (because my super sneaky stat counter tells me so!) that there are many, many more of you reading - and that means so much to me. The support and friendship you continuously offer (some for years and years, which never fails to shock me) makes my heart so glad. Thank you for being here, whether you are silent or not.


Ps. Don't mind the semi-creepy baby things in my closet, just remnants of my childhood!


*Now I have "The Bear Necessities" stuck in my head. What a great song, though!