The past 2 years have been rather chaotic, location-wise. I remarked to a friend a while ago about how I was looking forward to being in the same house for 6 months, and he was rather shocked that I considered 6 months to be a long time. To recap, September 2007 through September 2009, in 3 month increments. The abbreviations: “cincy” is Cincinnati, OH, “clev” is Cleveland, OH, “chi” is Chicago, IL, and “cph” is Copenhagen, Denmark.
clev, cincy, chi, cph
chi, cincy, cincy, clev
I am in Cincy again, until March. Then I go to some yet-to-be-determined city for 6 months, then Cincy for 9, and then somewhere for the mysterious “Real Life.”
Despite all the chaos of moving every 3 months, there is something exciting, perhaps even romantic, to travel. When I was in Europe, I started to develop this dream of a life of sailing. I’ve never sailed, but living on a boat, and traveling around the world, staying docked in a city for as long as it interested me, really captured my imagination. But the crushing details of how I would make money, can I really dock anywhere, would I be able to cross the Atlantic or Pacific, and so forth remain unsolved.
I also really enjoyed flying to Seattle, and the excitement of being in Seattle all day Sunday, getting on a plane at midnight, landing in Cincy at 10am, and completing and turning in a project by 1pm. And then someone mentions light rail plans, and I say “oh I was on the Seattle light rail yesterday, it went through…” International jet setter!
On the question of where I’ll spend “Real Life,” if not On A Boat, I can imagine ending up in Chicago. I really enjoyed the 6 months I lived there. But, some friends are ending up in NYC. It really captured my attention when I visited, yet I have this vague notion that the people of Chicago are more my sort of people, perhaps its the midwest influence… Copenhagen would be amazing, but so far away from family/everyone I know. Plus I fear the super-dark winters. And there are so many cities yet to visit (LA, San Fran, Orlando…) and so many yet to fully explore (Seattle, London, Boston…)
