We have moved into our temporary "house", a 2 bedroom Airbnb that is furnished. We decided to move into a furnished place to give us time to shed our belongings in steps, not all at once. I work better in steps...
We moved from a 2200 sq foot home to an 1100 sq foot apartment last year. We thought that we had slimmed down to accommodate city living; boy were we wrong. When we found our boat in July and knew that she was going in the water after hurricane season, we knew we had to get moving, literally. We had 3 weeks to get rid of everything. I have NO idea what I was thinking when I put that timeline on us...looking back, I had probably consumed too much wine. Luckily, I am an expert at craigslist and before we knew it, we were sleeping on an air mattress and living out of suitcases because everything had sold. The good part was that we had sold/donated everything we thought we needed to, the downside was that it all sold faster than expected so we were living in an empty apartment and sleeping on air mattresses and blankets...glad that is over. We moved about 12 plastic bins, and 8 suitcases to the new place. We are now down to 4 plastic bins and 4 suitcases...this is what we will take.
Our new "home" for the next 2.5 months gives us what we need. It has 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, a small 4 person card table that we use as our dining room table, a small fridge, microwave, and coffee pot. It is pretty amazing what you can do with that setup. Outside there is a grill, so we use that to cook our meat, and the weekly meals are just very well thought out. We watch youtube videos and research how to make meals with very little. So, for the 2 weeks we have lived there thus far, we are getting better by the week at planning. We are very fortunate to have found such a wonderful place to finish out our time here in DC. With all that being said, it is harder and much more inconvenient than our plush apartment in the sky. My husband's commute went from a 1 block walk and 2 metro stop ride to a good hour (if he's lucky) each way, and we cannot just throw something in the oven or walk downstairs to our resort like pool. We have to drive everywhere we want to go and it is so temporary that we are basically living out of suitcases and eating off paper plates for another 2.5 months....
I think by the time some of you get to this paragraph you may be thinking, this kinda sounds like hell. I agree, it totally could be, and it has come with some days that it is just harder to see the light at the end of the tunnel...but we have made it a priority as a family to have a good attitude about the situation and look at the bright side. The temporary piece is what is hard, but it is only temporary because in only 74 days, we will be traveling the world in our sailing home, and for that, we are forever grateful.
Till then...counting down the days...
Love,
Renn, Rob, Elle, Berkeley
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