It was one year ago today that my girlfriend and I left our apartment in Boston and became officially homeless. For the past year we’ve been without permanent residence, living out of a Subaru Forester, camping, renting garages and spare rooms when we can, and staying in hotels when there’s poker to be played or coached.
It’s been an exciting and eye-opening experience. We’ve visited a lot of cool places including about a dozen national parks, visited some old friends in new places and met two new babies- guess I’m at that age where my peers are starting to pop them out, and gotten a better feel for parts of the country that we barely knew before. I’d never been to the American South or the Pacific Northwest, and I ended up liking the former a lot better than I expected and the latter somewhat less (though I’m just getting to know it).
There are a lot of things that I miss. Living out of a car gets old, and I miss having a reliable bed, a comfortable desk and chair with two big monitors (multi-tabling on a laptop sucks), and having friends around and being involved in a local community. Oh and a reliable internet connection, of course! I’ve been able to keep up pretty well with coaching, though not quite as well as I like, despite the fact that I rarely know more than a week in advance where I’ll be and when.
More reflections and links to come, but we’re actually about to pick up two of my best friends from college at the airport, as they’ve flown out to visit us in Washington. This is a long-delayed wedding present to them, so don’t want to keep them waiting! In the meantime, here are a few random facts and blog links:
States Visited (in order, including those we passed through without stopping): Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida (just me, visiting my grandmother on the way back from the PCA), Nevada (flew out for Valentine’s Day/NAPT Venetian), California, Vermont, Maine, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Washington
Dispatches From the Road
A collection of my blog posts about places we’ve visited, things we’ve done, and people we’ve met.
Didn’t Know Google Knew Roads Like This
The Wisconsin Supreme Court Votes With Poker Chips
Wow, pretty slow year…
Heh, yeah I didn’t even notice that until now. It actually looks like the empty post may have been the result of a hacking attempt. Looking into it now.
Non poker book rec – Delivering Happiness. Your posts on relative happiness made me think of it. Check it out!
Thanks! That sounds familiar…