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laurainlimbo at 08:47am on 26/05/2009 under writer's block
laurainlimbo at 08:47am on 26/05/2009 under writer's block[Error: unknown template qotd]
I've lived in 2 countries (U.S. and Japan), 6 states (in the U.S.), 10 different cities in the U.S. and 2 different cities in Japan, and altogether I've had 20 residences (including apartments and houses). That's the equivalent of moving once every two years.
The longest I've lived any one place was both Colorado (where I spent 9 years from age 7 to age 16), and Sacramento, California where I spent 11 years (from age 16 to age 26 and again for another year before I went to Japan in 1998).
my shortest stay anywhere was Portland, Oregon where we stayed for maybe 2 months. we got a great apartment in a suburb of Portland, but couldn't find jobs, and didn't have the patience to stay without any income.
When I was young, we moved around because of my father's job - he was with the U.S. Geological Survey, so we moved whenever he had a promotion or project. It was hard as a kid, but for some reason, once I became an adult, moving just became second nature. I get bored if I stay in one place for too long - I've been in the Chicago area since 2006, and I'm already anxious to move somewhere else. There are good and bad points about moving a lot. The best thing is that I've experienced many different places, and seen a lot of things. It's exciting to move and start over. But it's also expensive to move, and you have to always get rid of lots of stuff. The worst thing about my nomadic childhood, though, is that I have no nostalgic childhood home that I can always return to. My parents have lived in their current home in Washington for just 10 years - it feels like home when I go there only because they are there. But the childhood homes I remember, especially the one in Colorado, are only in my memories. I can no longer to back to the home where I played and enjoyed my formative years. That has always been sad for me, and I've envied people who grew up in just one home, and can still go back to that home for holidays and feel all warm and cozy and sentimental.
My favorite residences have all been near the water: Port Angeles, Washington; Arcata, California; and Kambara, in Shizuoka prefecture in Japan - where I also had a view of Mt. Fuji from my apartment. I don't remember much of my birthplace, which was Falls Church, Virginia, but I loved the homes of my childhood, which were in Sunnyvale, California and Lakewood, Colorado (a suburb of Denver). My least favorite place to live, especially as far as the weather and location, has been the Chicago area. I really want to get back to the coast again, and to milder weather.
I've lived in 2 countries (U.S. and Japan), 6 states (in the U.S.), 10 different cities in the U.S. and 2 different cities in Japan, and altogether I've had 20 residences (including apartments and houses). That's the equivalent of moving once every two years.
The longest I've lived any one place was both Colorado (where I spent 9 years from age 7 to age 16), and Sacramento, California where I spent 11 years (from age 16 to age 26 and again for another year before I went to Japan in 1998).
my shortest stay anywhere was Portland, Oregon where we stayed for maybe 2 months. we got a great apartment in a suburb of Portland, but couldn't find jobs, and didn't have the patience to stay without any income.
When I was young, we moved around because of my father's job - he was with the U.S. Geological Survey, so we moved whenever he had a promotion or project. It was hard as a kid, but for some reason, once I became an adult, moving just became second nature. I get bored if I stay in one place for too long - I've been in the Chicago area since 2006, and I'm already anxious to move somewhere else. There are good and bad points about moving a lot. The best thing is that I've experienced many different places, and seen a lot of things. It's exciting to move and start over. But it's also expensive to move, and you have to always get rid of lots of stuff. The worst thing about my nomadic childhood, though, is that I have no nostalgic childhood home that I can always return to. My parents have lived in their current home in Washington for just 10 years - it feels like home when I go there only because they are there. But the childhood homes I remember, especially the one in Colorado, are only in my memories. I can no longer to back to the home where I played and enjoyed my formative years. That has always been sad for me, and I've envied people who grew up in just one home, and can still go back to that home for holidays and feel all warm and cozy and sentimental.
My favorite residences have all been near the water: Port Angeles, Washington; Arcata, California; and Kambara, in Shizuoka prefecture in Japan - where I also had a view of Mt. Fuji from my apartment. I don't remember much of my birthplace, which was Falls Church, Virginia, but I loved the homes of my childhood, which were in Sunnyvale, California and Lakewood, Colorado (a suburb of Denver). My least favorite place to live, especially as far as the weather and location, has been the Chicago area. I really want to get back to the coast again, and to milder weather.
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