Permanent temporary?
It's permanent temporary because I only plan to be here in New Mexico for one year, two years tops. I've taken to telling people that I'm into r-e-a-l-l-y slow travel. Not this slow, but slow.
Moving in
Here's a photo of all of my worldly goods, carried here with me in my car.
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| All my worldly goods |
It took me about ten minutes to move in. No beer, no pizza. I did pop a diet Coke when I finished. Oh, and that's the dining room (or breakfast room, if you prefer).
A permanent temporary home for what remains of my classic, paperback sci fi?
This great apartment has a beautiful built-in bookcase in the den. Who would have thought there'd be a place for my remaining library of paperback classic sci fi?!
I'll continue my release-to-the-wild project, but in the meantime, I'm happy they have a comfortable and lovely spot to hang out.
Which brings me to ....
I'm going to have to accumulate some stuff again.
Like:
- Bed(s)
- Broom, mop, vacuum cleaner
- Coffee maker
- Bed linens
- At least one table
- Some real chairs (not just the two camp chairs I have)
- Microwave?
A TV is not in the plan.
The apartment is so great and I feel that nesting urge to buy cool stuff to make everything "perfect."
I have a dilemma: How do I balance a desire for a personal environment that gives me sensory pleasure with a desire for practical asceticism?
And what thought process do I want to use when buying more stuff?
- Buy new?
- Buy used?
- Get from a place such as freecycle?
- Combination of the above?
Fortunately, Alamogordo has more thrift shops per capita than perhaps any town I've seen, so theoretically, I should be able to find some cool used stuff.
Alamogordo also has an active freecycle presence. (I learned about freecycle from my daughter.)
Until I figure some of this out, I'll be sleeping on the floor.
Connected
I got connected to the internet the day after I moved in.
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