finding home in unexpected places

In terms of my social and personal life, a lot has changed for me this year. I thought I would be happily sharing an apartment with my best friend, like we've always planned for the past five or six years. I never thought I'd end up living in a big house with five other roommates instead. As new and uncertain as this change is, I'm actually quite thankful for it.

For a while, things had been a bit rough. I was unhappy. I was struggling to cope. I had resigned myself to the misery of living alone for the next two years. And then, my childhood friend told me about an opening at the house she was going to be living at. Two of the other roommates were people I had met before, friends of my friend. The final two ended up being people I didn't know at all. But as we all met up and got to know each other, I started thinking this might be really good. Now, we're close enough to go on group outings for meals, dessert, shopping, etc., and home life has been harmonious and uneventful. This is certainly a new era for me, but it's brought me so much love and joy in the process.