This past week I moved out of my apartment.  I spent a year there and even though it had a great view of downtown Seattle, was close to the sound and had all the amenities one could hope for … it just wasn’t for me – and it was expensive to boot.

I came to Seattle without a job, so I wanted to live someplace centrally located – and West Seattle seemed to fit the bill.  I landed a job in a suburb south of the city which is about a 30 minute drive from West Seattle on a good day.  Over the winter I did try to commute more – but having to catch two busses and a light rail ride added 2 hours commute each day.  When I started attracting prisoners on work release – no joke – I pulled the plug on commuting).  I also didn’t like leaving the dogs in the apartment for 10 hours each day.

After I decided to move out of my apartment I started looking for a house to rent  closer to work that would have a yard for my  dogs.  But, even though some places accepted dogs, finding one that would accept 2 big dogs proved to be next to impossible.  Housing here is tight… and when it started to look like I wasn’t going to find a place in my price range, before my lease was up, I started to think about living in my trailer – at least till the end of the summer – give the housing frenzie time to simmer down and take my time in finding the right place.  But then the more I thought about it – the more advantages I started seeing for living in my trailer long term.

You see, I once owned this business, Sewtropolis, and even though I loved, loved, loved it…. it seriously wreaked havoc on my finances.  I am now in the process of paying off that debt so when I ‘ran the numbers’ I saw that there is some serious financial advantages of living in my trailer for as long as I can.

So, here I am …. at the KOA and you know what …. I f*king LOVE it!  I love that my dogs get to sun themselves in the GRASS outside my door.  I love that I live within steps of a river with a trail that runs for miles along it!  I love that when I walk around the campground people say “Hi”!!!  Can you believe it!?!!? People f*cking say ‘Hi ‘here!!  NOBODY says ‘Hi’ in West Seattle!!!  I love that people stop by and ask me about my big a$$ potted tomato plant!  (seriously it’s huge) I love that there is the laughter of kids playing (I didn’t realize I missed hearing kids laughing) I love that there are no sirens 3-4 times a night – every – f*cking- night!!!  Ugh!  And I especially love that my commute to work is only 10 minutes and I don’t even have to get on the freeway!

When I posted on FB that I had moved into my trailer people couldn’t believe it!  I guess I had been living with the idea for so long that I no longer thought it was a big deal. I also saw that the advantages FAR outweighed staying where I was at.  So, people can think what they want – I’ve never been one to live a boring life and now I can now get serious about digging myself out of debt and that to me, is all that matters.