Livin in a van, down by the river

I’ve started to pack for the upcoming move, dividing everything into 3 categories:
- Items that I can live without for the rest of the summer, which are going into storage in the basement of Christine’s parent’s house
- Items that are dead weight to me but might be of some use to my coworker who will be moving into my house when I’m gone
- Necessities that will be coming with me to my brother’s house

I’m going to spend the next 2 months living with my bro… since living all by myself in a 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath house means a lot of potential beer money is getting blown on excessive rent and utilities. That and my brother can hook me up with some hot babes.

Chris has a little basement suite just east of Swan Lake, where he’s just finished building an enclosed patio with combined greenhouse, and I look forward to many relaxing nights sitting out there in a lawn chair with a fire and some music. The best part though, is I’m gonna be “camping” the whole time. Since it’s just a one bedroom suite, my logical destination would have been the living room couch… but that’s just plain awkward. The last thing I would want for my brother and his houseguests would be to have to push the laundry off of my bed/couch in order to have a place to sit while watching TV. So while I’ll still essentially live with him in his house, using his kitchen and bathroom, I’ll just sleep outside in my tent. Most of the people I’ve spoken to about this think it’s kinda odd, but I’m looking forward to it. The least I can do for my brother, after he so readily offered up his home for me, is to try and retain a semblance of privacy for him.

If I was staying there any longer than two months I’d also make a point of embracing the tent living lifestyle…. Grow my hair out, buy some old corduroys, carve an elaborate water bong that would display from a hanging pocket inside the tent, build a monument to the hop gods outta empty beer cans outside the door, and tell people who pass by that I’ll give them a Tarot card reading if they give me a ride into town to visit my parole officer.

The only downside is that getting outta bed to go use the washroom will now require some form of clothing.