It’s been a while. Though, circumstances led to my absence; the internet in my room has down (again!!!) for over a week now; I have been filling in for the shift leader over a week now, and so I don’t get all the idle time at work I once did; there was an ordered blackout of all communication from the base for two days.
I’m back now though, that counts right?
Anyways, I have discovered the key to being happy here. It involves going to work, and then going right to bed. I swear, my mood has improved exponentially since I stopped trying to go to the gym and started sleeping 8-10 hours a day. It is really great. I go back to my room after work and read a book or magazine, or maybe watch a movie in bed. Sure I won’t look like your stereotypically chiseled veteran when I get home, but I will be a jolly old fat man, like Santa…
So, any of you that have talked to me know that I am looking at becoming a homeowner when I return from abroad. Quick side note, I was watching the amazingly cool HBO show Rome last week. In it, Julius Caesar gives al of his returning vets their own plots of land. Sure the land was out in the middle of nowhere, but it got me thinking. Dubya should give all of us returning vets our own plots of land in like Oklahoma or Texas or something. I have no idea what I would do with a plot of land out in the middle of nowhere, but it is an interesting idea. Or maybe they could give out government repossessed homes for those of us that like the city.
Back to reality, or at least my latest version. Like I said, I want to take all this money I will have saved when I return and buy a house. A friend of the family who is a realtor has been sending all the different listings so I can see what is out there. All I see though, is that any area of Sacramento that I would actually like to live in is out of my price range; and it isn’t even close. California is just too damned expensive. I am not the kind of person who would want to buy a home somewhere I would hate living just for the sake of owning a home. I don’t like the suburbs. I don’t want to live somewhere that requires driving everywhere. I want to live in the downtown area. I want to be near all the action. I am thinking about moving to Cincinnati. I really liked my visit there over the summer and I think it would be a good place for me. It reminded me a lot of Sacramento, but with snow and a horrible baseball team. It had an awesome river area and a good downtown. A home would also cost half as much as in Sacramento. It has me seriously thinking about relocating…
It’s been so long since I have had real salsa that I enjoy Pace Picante sauce…
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