on 9/11/06 5:33 AM, Joy Hecht at jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU wrote:

> Someone else suggested it going camping for the weekend as a way to adjust.
> But for me that seems _really_ hard!
>
> Since I've been full-timing, all of my stuff has been in the van.  Part of
> the transition to a house is moving things back into the house.  The first
> to go was the cooler and all the food in the fridge.  Then the silverware.
> I have some additional silverware somewhere in storage (in my basement) but
> I have no idea where.  Then other kitchen stuff and all my clothes and
> everyday toiletries.  (The stored toiletries - new bottle of shampoo, stuff
> that would be in your medicine cabinet - are still in the van.)  Just this
> morning I lugged in the narrow plastic four-drawer dresser that has served
> as a "console" and coffee-cup holder between the front seats and also where
> I've stored office stuff, some tools, and various other things.
>
> The delight of living in the van - one of them - is that I always had my
> house and my stuff with me.  No need to think about what to take with me.
> If I own it, it's there.  But now that I'm moving back into the house, the
> van is no longer convenient to travel in, because I'd have to think about
> what to take with me, and move it all back out again.  I never had to worry
> about leaving something behind when I was on the road, but now I would.
>
> On the other hand, the van is still my bedroom, since I don't have a bed or
> a couch in my house.

Can you get Matilda into your living room?

Grin,

Tom B.

> Which does help with the adjustment in some ways!  And
> fortunately, as it turns out, my neighbors built a high fence between their
> yard and my driveway, which isn't elegant, but does afford me a lot of
> privacy.