MIDWEST Meets WEST COAST....Look out, I'm Officially an LA Girl!!!

     



Hello all! It's been WAY too long since I last posted!!! So much has changed. Obviously, from the title of my post-you can see I have relocated. Literally, sold almost all my possessions, packed up my midget mobile, and drove a whooping 27 tiring hours to get here.
Moving from sweet old St. Louie to Santa Monica, CA-things have seriously changed. Change is good. I needed to prove to myself that I could make it in a "Big City," and get out of the bubble I was living in.

My thoughts on LA-after ONE month:

Likes:
-The beach-SUN, SUN, SUN
-Perfect Weather-especially living near the beach- it never gets too hot-and the fact that I can walk to the   beach whenever I want is AMAZING
-Lack of Humidity=Less frizzy hair=Me in a better mood :)
-So much to do-So much to EXPLORE (Next weekend Santa Barbara-with some fabulous friends)
-The possibility of seeing celebrities....haha, so dorky-But I LOVE it

Dislikes:
-TRAFFIC, people say you get used to it, BUT it makes me one very unhappy/anxious gal
-The overwhelming amount of people almost everywhere you go-NOT a place for the Claustrophobic!!!
-Homeless people are everywhere-no offense but it's gross
-The fact that EVERYTHING here costs money-and it's EXPENSIVE-Not good news for my already light pocketbook :(

So, time will tell- we will see how my views of this LA LA Land change as time goes by...CAN'T believe it's already been a month!!! It literally feels like 2 weeks. The thing I'm missing most is Cardinal Baseball (for those of you not into baseball-The Cardinals have a chance at going to the World Series) and being able to just stop by friends and family members houses whenever....