Hi, I'm Nina Iordanova and this is the 39th edition of Something Good, a newsletter filtered through my 🧠, 🖐, and ❤️. Coming your way every two weeks, I hope you find something good here.
Hello! Weird news, I think I’m moving?
Not any major moves, but my landlord called me a few days ago to say she’d like to sell her condo by the end of the year, which means me moving out by Jan 1. There are still some details to be sorted out, but I think that’s the meat of it.
As you know, living in the Distillery has been about 1/4 of my personality and also this newsletter over the past two years. It’s weird to look around my place now and think, okay, last two and a bit months here and then this isn’t home anymore.
When I first got the call, I thought it was incredibly funny. I laughed about it, went to pilates and told everyone and laughed about it some more, then got home and talked to Niloo and laughed about it again. A few hours later, all the details of it hit me.
I think losing the place you live in is not only about the inside of that house (which I have made super cute and love very much), but also about all the routines around it. I have the places I grocery shop, my local cafes, friends in dog parks, the paths I walk Gemma on, where I get my hair cut, where I work out. Friends. I’m slowly starting to realize how much is tied to this physical space.
Moving means figuring all that out again, building new routines. It also means taking everything apart, packing it up, then trying to make those pieces fit into a new space. That might seem a bit melodramatic, like, yes, it’s all the same things but somewhere new, what is the problem. But when it takes you 4 months to buy a single nightstand because you think about it SO MUCH and how it would fit into your space, the fact that the nightstand stays the same but the place changes is a huge problem!!! It was not part of the equation!
I’ve mostly evened out in how I feel about moving now. A very big part of me is very excited!! I completely lucked out with my current place and I think I can do it again. Putting it out into this newsletter and the world that I’m going to find somewhere with a big kitchen, big windows, bright, spacious, with a great view in a great area.
I’ve been on a cooking and baking spree the past two weeks while I’ve been on vacation. Buying new cookbooks (Peak Season, I Dream of Dinner), new kitchen gadgets (mini and regular bundt pans, mixing bowls), going grocery shopping, spending my nights making stuff.
It’s been really nice.
It’s honestly probably what makes me most excited about moving - the thought that I can find a new place with a big kitchen!! And lots of kitchen storage!! Where I can store all my cooking stuff and get MORE pans and pots and pantry staples, and have more space to chop and mix and prep. If it weren’t for that, I think I’d be pretty sad to think about leaving, but that excitement carries me through.
I’ve made quite a few friends in my building, so it’s extra nice when I can share the big-ass bundt cake I make with them. I will miss that about living here.
But who knows! We still have a few months to figure it out, and even the selling isn’t set in stone yet.
Maybe there’s a world where I find another unit that I love in my building, or in this area. Maybe there’s a world where my landlord decides not to sell because the market sucks. Maybe there’s a world where I find my dream next home the way I found this one!!
Send me thoughts and prayers and lots of luck!!
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Warmly yours,
Nina
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