I am so excited about moving into the Travco in a few days! I'll be honest, I never ever thought those words would come out of my mouth in a bazillion years, but I'm genuinely looking forward to it. Let me share why.
I like to think Chris and I are unique individuals- as opposed having a bad case of arrested development as I sometimes fear it may appear. I don't mean we're "special" and are like trying to save the plant by living in a motor home or that we're taking a stance against consumerism or anything like that. We both love learning and love adventure and as cheeeeeesy as it may sound, we refuse to give up on our "dreams." First of all, we've been married for almost five years and Chris has been in school the entire time (minus one semester) and I've been working on my Master's since Fall of 2010. And I know what you're thinking, "Well, you must be on the home stretch." But we're not. We're so not. Chris is in Medical School (that = a million years in school). And I'm getting my Master's in Voice (that = a degree in waitressing). And we LOVE it. And, as is happens, we both love what one another does.
So, thought behind #1 reason of living in motor home: Would we rather DO more stuff or HAVE more stuff? In our case, we can't DO and HAVE (I'm so not bashing having stuff here- if you can DO and HAVE then...DO it and HAVE it). Our answer was, "Duh, we'd rather DO more stuff." There are tons of workshops and learning opportunities I've missed out on because we spend every last penny on rent and bills. Chris would love to have an artistic outlet away from medicine like take guitar lessons or art classes. But, here we are...sitting in our expensive apartment...watching reruns of The Office every night cause we broke.
Though behind #2 reason of living in motor home: So, we settled #1. We'd rather DO stuff. Now the thought process goes like this: But, I mean we have to live somewhere. And I mean, c'mon, we're "grown-ups." Grown-ups don't live in RVs <scoff/eye roll>. Oh, wait, Natalie (bff) and Mike (bff's husband) live in a renovated bus. And uh, the Marshalls and the Fossmos live in one." And my in-laws are living in one as they build their house. That's kinda what sold me on it. After I stayed the night in my in-laws RV I knew I could totally do it. It was kind of like a revelation actually. Here I was stressing about money every single month and why?? Because normal grown ups live in nice apartments or nice houses. And then it came, "I don't care about being normal. I just want to learn and pursue what I feel God has called me to do." And when I told Chris, I knew he felt that same way.
As for the Travco, she's comin' along nicely. Still lots to do before we move in.
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I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS!!!!!
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