Door Closes, Window Opens

An interesting change of plans has occurred for my summer...

I'll be moving home; as in:

To My Parent's House! 

Holy cannoli, I have not lived at home since a few weeks after my graduation from high school and it is so weird that I'll be staying with my parents from May 18th to August 1st.  It will have been approximately 13 years since I've last lived with my parents.

"Why?" You might ask.  Forget that, of course, you'd ask "WTF? Why?"

Well, my housing plans for the summer fell through and I've no friends who can take in one woman WITH TWO CATS! 

So, it's off to the woods I go!  Look out Big Creek, California, with your population of 258 humans and at least one black bear, your elevation of 4,920 feet, your one post office, your one general store, and your pool at the K-8th School (And, by golly, a Wikipedia entry! Who woulda thunk it?!).

The Pros and the Cons:

The Pros:

1. I'll be able to visit with my parents (my mum and my real dad, not the bio-dad) as well as with my brother, Ronnie, who's in his late 30's.  (He has his own place.)
2. My cats and I have a place to live rent-free for the summer.
3. High-altitude training for my marathon running!
4. No job!  Except for well-paid yard labor and house labor for the 'rents.  Maybe even some local babysitting if the price is right!
5. Time to work on my thesis prospectus and one last paper.
6. Beautiful trees and sky.  Lots o' wildlife.  Hiking in my backyard.
7. Knit, knit, knit!
8. Read, read, read!
9. Watch cable t.v. like a slothful teenager.
10. At the end of summer, I'll be moving to the city by the bay, San Francisco, Bay-bee!  And will finally be living with the love-dove again!

The Cons:

1. My cats will have a better living situation than I will, as I will be camping out in the backyard (with the bear!) for the summer to avoid the cigarette smoke.  (It must be noted, that my parents have significantly decreased and are on their way to quitting smoking.)  The cats will be living it up in the lap of luxury being spoiled--I'm sure--by their grandparents whom believe it just fine to make hamburgers for their pets!  And have been know to hit the local Der Weinerschnitzel to pick up hot dogs for their dog.   (Note to self: Must weigh cats on weekly basis or even bi-weekly basis to make sure they aren't gaining too much weight!)
2. No Love-Dove, Johnny.  He'll be staying in Concord.  We do plan on actually getting some good backpacking trips in this summer, especially after last summer's lame attempts to at least go camping.
3. Uh, yeah, nothing to do.  No friends nearby.  Only a teeny-tiny library that's open twice a week.  Nearest yarn store at least an hour and a half drive away.

Right now, I am basically tripping out about moving home.  Bear with me (and hopefully there will not be a bear with me when I am sleeping outside!) while I just go: "Whoah!  Mind-frack!"

Comments

[kate]

haha - good luck with the move! whenever I'm home & I start knitting, my mom is like "are you bored? do you want to go to a movie? I need to entertain you." sometimes.... she exhausts me but I love her. :)

[Angela]

Wow. Don't know if I could do it...
Good Luck!

[BethC]

Ummm... Have fun? Actually if that was all you come up with for cons, it sounds pretty good with the ciggy smoke being the major drawback. Heck the long drive to the LYS just makes it an outing!

[Karen]

Wow! It's great you have that you and the kitties have that option. You can spend some time with your parents and get back to nature. The summer will go by fast, lots of time to knit, train and work on the thesis proposal.

Then it will be Love Dove Time in the fall!

[Lain]

Wow!~ Think of all the running and knitting you'll get done!!!!!!
;)
xoxox
L

[Julie]

I don't think I'd last a week if I moved back home! Are you really going to be sleeping in a tent all summer?

[Devorah]

Whoa! Got a big tent? You'll holler if you need supplies, right? (Books, yarn, chocolate ...)