island life

Today I am going to look at a house on Bainbridge Island. It is a small house for rent and I figure I have to at least have a look at it. Usually Bainbridge is a place to move when you have more money, not less, but in this case, this move would save me a few hundred dollars a month and get me back into a house, which I miss. It would also take me further away from my friends which I am not excited about, but I don't have much time to see anyone these days anyway. It would just turn those rare occasions into an event rather than a quick walk around Greenlake. But it has a garden, patio, a couple of acres of land, a hot tub and a root cellar. Who wouldn't want to have a root cellar?

I am loathe to move. I have been in my current place for more than five years. This is the longest I have lived in any one place in my life. I have lived in the following places (by street): Malvern, Whiting, Gilbert, Arden, 15th, Heather, Whitworth, Wiclefstrasse, Nestorstrasse, Stefanstrasse, Regensburgerstrasse, Eisenacherstrasse, 80th, Lake Samammish, 19th, and finally, 52nd. There were a few short-term stays with various people in between at three or four locations as well. Good grief. I am good at packing at least and am lean in terms of personal possessions. I don't have any superfluous stuff just hanging around. If I purge my filing cabinet, I am in good shape. I may not even like the place but if I do, I may have to take it.