I visited my sister and her fiancée’s new place today and dropped off a bunch of stuff that she had been storing in my basement and guest room. They now have a very cute corner house in North Saint Paul which is perfect for them to grow into. A nice back yard with lots of areas to garden, big rooms with a lot of flexibility and overall a living space with a lot of personality. I think they got a good deal and it’s a place that seems perfect for them. It’s very cool. I can’t wait to move more stuff to their place that’s sitting here at mine.
Which got me thinking again about my house and why I don’t really think I need most of these same things that Amy and Casey have.
It’s been bugging me for months.
I closed on my place in October 2004. I’ve had roommates for almost the entire time. Roommate Matt is moving out this next month and roommate Allen is moving by the end of September. I don’t plan on replacing either of them. This leaves me with much too much house and it doesn’t leave me with any disposable income either. Tie onto the fact that I have almost zero interest in home improvements, building a new garage, maintaining my gardens and keeping up a three bedroom house myself. It’s leading me to start searching for something smaller. Right now, I’m looking at condos primarily.
I love Longfellow, but I’m not attached enough to be set on staying here. I could see myself living in either downtown or a number of neighborhoods in Minneapolis or Saint Paul. In some ways I really miss my old 7th floor loft in Saint Paul. I came to Longfellow originally for the neighborhood, proximity to both downtowns and the easy commute. It is pretty darn good on all counts. When I lived in the Battle Creek neighborhood of Saint Paul (damn those photos bring back memories) I felt a little too far away. I’m looking around.
I don’t know what I’m going to do, really. Maybe I’ll find some way where I’ll realize staying here will work out a couple more years and I’ll get the motivation to redo my kitchen and paint that ugly spare bedroom I said I was going to do two years ago.
