So I got that apartment next to the Butte that I was hoping for. I was getting frustrated with the process and was just about give up and just buy a house, as it's seemed that would be easer then trying to rent one. Fortunately that didn’t happen. I really wanted to rent for a while so that I could check out the neighborhoods and learn all about the town before I picking a house. The apartment is fine, functional, with more room that this ex-homless man needs but the locations, ah the location, it’s incredible, more wonderful that I could have ever imagined. I’m right next to the river, have a park in front and a park in back. The one in front is so peaceful and beautiful that lovers come to it in droves, people sleep in it, some homeless, walkers walk, balders balde, bikers bike and picnickers picnic. The park in back is wild beautiful and high. I can go rollerblading (great blading) straight out the door from my place. There are wonderful bike paths that run along both sides of the river. I saw some great graffiti yesterday under a bridge that declared: “I love mom!” That has to be a unusual nice place. Another on a railing in the park: “om mani padme hum”. It says a lot about this place that it has such graffiti me thinks. I live just a couple of blocks from lots of great restaurants, 2 movie theaters (two are art theaters), a great music theater (saw Lucinda Williams last Friday) and much, much more. I’ve been blading a lot and biking every day. Life is good!
So I have a home now even thought it’s just an apartment and temporary in nature, it’s my home for now and what else do we have but the now. Because it was so much work disassembling my previous live, getting rid of most of my things, I’m taking my time and carefully considering each and every addition to my new casa. I bought two futons, one to sleep on and one to serve as a living room couch. Futons are great; they’re so vestal and cheep. I got them for both on Craig’s list for $120 each, what a deal! It so nice to be sleeping on something other than the ground. I’m keeping my life simple and paired down to the absolute necessities.
What I’ve discovered is the absolute truth about the old real estate saying; “location, location, location”. I really like Eugene, now I can take my time to carefully study the topography of the city so that I can make a fully informed purchase when I start shopping for a house.
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