A new beginning

So soon I will begin yet another episode in my movie called life. Next week is going to insane/hectic/wonderfully busy.
So Tuesday is going to be my birthday, and I am very excited, yet very...reserved, i guess you would say. I am not entirely sure how I feel about being 23. I feel as if I am caught in a crossroads of my life, where I am expected to be a full fledged adult, and most of the time I feel like one, and yet I'm just not quite there yet. It also feels like a very surreal age. All through college I would look up to the 22 year old seniors, and 23 was an age that was just unheard of, and now that's going to be me!
Never mind that Joe has been 23 for 2 months now, thats beside the point (haha).
I'm not really planning on doing much for my birthday, seeing as how I have to work on Tuesday night and then Wednesday morning, but thats ok with me, because on the weekend, I am getting the best birthday present in the world which is...
A new apartment!!!!
Finally, after a little over 8 months of living with joe's crazy grandmother(frustrations and stories will probably be documented for all time soon) we are getting out of here, and not a moment too soon. Living here was kind of like working at my dining position, I refuse to quit or to admit that I am unhappy or unable to deal with any situation/place, and yet it reaches a point where my denials are no longer options. I have become so snappy towards everything and so depressed/upset here that it has become ridiculous. Even slight things such as my cat meowing at me for dinner when it wasn't dinner time would make me feel like I was being a horrible cat mother for not giving her two dinners, or random things like that.
But all will be well, because soon I will have a shiny new apartment, with a HUGE balcony for all of my plants and for my cat to sit outside and watch the birds. I'm so excited about this, also because for once I found an apartment that doesn't have a rule on nails or hanging up shelves. So Joe and I will be able to decorate however we want and have so much room for storing our myriad of objects.
I will also be trying to get my website up and running. It will basically serve as a place where I can showcase some of my artwork along with the different crotchet/sewing projects that I've been working on for the past couple months. It will also include some of dad's special pens (more on that later), along with my mom's purses, scarves, and wall hangings.