Isaac is moving in!
By Ari | Aug 22, 09 10:27 AM
Our friend Isaac is moving in with us today! I kind of can't imagine a better housemate (the bag of bread pictured here is one of many delicious things he's left in our mailbox), and am very happy about the change. We've known him for a long time - we lived with him one summer at a coop he ran at Cornell, Prospect of Whitby. And he was part of the Ahimsa ecovillage project when we were having meetings, so we've been thinking about living together in some way again for a while now.
We're still working on finding land we can lease or buy affordably. Once we do that we'll start collecting a grubstake of salvaged, traded and found building materials, and will gradually build ourselves a cabin. (That's the current plan, anyway.) In the meantime, we wanted to save money on rent so we can pay off my school debt and work up some more savings, and we've seen how much fun many of our friends have living in group houses. Having a housemate (who we know and love already) join us in this place we dig so much is far nicer than having to move elsewhere!
We prepared for this transition by moving all of our furniture around to clear out the room Isaac is going to move into, and our apartment is now denser and cuter, which is a happy surprise. I thought we'd have to put some stuff in the basement, but somehow it all still fits up here. (We have a lot of stuff.) We moved most of our books into our bedroom, and now it feels cozier, homier, a place I want to hang out in more often. I'm excited to spend more time with our friend, and to see how our lives will change as we adapt to this new arrangement.
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