Door.

We've lived in the CSUCI community for almost a year now

and I've loved every minute of it.

It's quiet, in the middle of a beautiful valley surrounded by hills,

five minutes from where I work,

and within walking distance from all of Franco's classes.

If you've never heard of CSUCI, let me give you a short history lesson.

It used to be a mental hospital.

Now it's a rapidly-growing university.

You can only imagine how many jokes I endured in the four years I attended there.

It is a beautiful campus, though, and they've kept most of the Spanish architecture so it feels like you're going to school at a California mission.

Franco & I got some of our engagement pictures shot there.

Because no one wanted to go to class with an autopsy table in it,

{true story}

the school is in constant construction to convert this old

"insane asylum" into a school.

So there are parts of the campus that aren't remodeled yet.

I drive by one of those parts every day.

I finally got pictures of it.

I LOVE this old door.

It's got a big lock on it and a sign that says "No Trespassing"

so I don't know where it leads, but it's so "secret garden"

that I couldn't resist getting a little artsy.

Isn't it awesome?!