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 Posted: 02/20/06 - 15:09 Post subject: Civilize me, please...
I've gotten used to running around barefoot, no haircut, tan as a wild person, casual, and it looks like we are moving back to the real world by July regardless (no more hurricane season.) Now, I have to get civilized.
I went from one extreme to the other, and am going back to the first extreme. The problem? I can't get my feet in real shoes, and quite frankly, I've gotten used to running around half naked (read bathing suit and sarong.) How do I acclimate before we move? I am really a heathen at this point. I mean, I can get away with capris and sandals for work but for the most part I run around in the most casual attire possible.
I'm also used to jumping into the ocean at all hours of the day or night with dog in tow, and she's become accustomed to the same. She can run pretty much wild around our yard and the beach a block away.
Help! I have to be normal again!
MAybe this is a reality show?
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Posted: 02/20/06 - 15:21 Post subject:
You'll be moving in July, no? I see no reason why half nekkid is a big deal until say....mid September or so.
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Posted: 02/20/06 - 15:23 Post subject:
i lasted just short of 4 months in a 'professional' environment where i wore dress pants and a dress shirt, sat in a very enclosed area, had no concept of what was going outside, for 8 hours a day. it was dark when i started work, it was dark when i left.
granted i worked in a coffee shop before that and didn't exactly get that whole beach experience thing.
expect to rock back and forth softly mumbling to yourself after about 3 weeks mmmkay? 
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Posted: 02/20/06 - 15:23 Post subject:
civilization is over-rated.
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Posted: 02/20/06 - 15:24 Post subject:
| MW wrote: | | You'll be moving in July, no? I see no reason why half nekkid is a big deal until say....mid September or so. |
i'm half nekked and it's pretty darn cold in my house. you just gotta suck it up and do it.
if you really want to be half nekkid - you'll make it happen.
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Posted: 02/20/06 - 15:24 Post subject:
| robp wrote: | | civilization is over-rated. |
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kristin31
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Posted: 02/20/06 - 18:39 Post subject:
| robp wrote: | | civilization is over-rated. |
You have a valid point, and while we have enjoyed running around loose like pagans aside from work, the cost of living is continuing to rise and the wages do not correspond. We want to but a home and perhaps have a child (Yikes!) and we also don't want to live through another hurricane season. It's very stressful, and while being able to literally run from the ocean to the bay in less than 5 minutes and jump in both bodies of water is fun, the trade-off is not worth it. We can't save money here and afford to raise a family.
This is a great place to visit, especially if you like to fish (this IS the sports-fishing capital of the world, seriously) and snorkel and dive. I'd definitely recommend it as a vacation spot and despite the struggles we have ben through and the bizarre mess that got us here will miss the sun and the easy access to the ocean and the laid-backness of the place. I will miss my nightly walks with the dog to the water and diving for lobster and snorkeling. Larry will miss his fishing. We'll both miss the easy access to the water.
Unfortunately, if you don't have a boatload of money, it's dificult to live here and save. We both want to move on. We need to have a stable life again. With a one bedroom, one bath concrete home that is a handyman's special going for $389,000, that is not going to happen. Crap, in Ohio, we could afford an almost mansion for that. Or, in our case, something much more affordable and still comfortable for about 100 - 150, with some fix up stuff. Maybe a bit more, but not much. In Charleston, we start at 149 and go up. We want our own house to raise a kid.
Missing the water and the parks and beaches will be tough. There are all sorts of widlife here, and gorgeous state parks when you take the chance to find them. I've seen two bald eagles while kayaking, and tons of dolphins and nurse sharks, and snorkeled through schools of yellowtail, barracudas, and clown and parrotfish. Nothing will ever replace that, but there are downsides as well.
Like I said, it's a great place to visit, or retire. The fishing is great if you know what you're doing. I don't, and I've even caught yellowtail and snapper and bonitas. It's pretty, and calm, and the "local color" in terms of people, while bizarre, is still funny. The bike trails are nice out of season. In season, you've got to watch people trying to pass on the right side through the bike trail (yes, illegal) and hope someone stops them. Sometimes yes, sometimes not.
Anyway, it is time to move. Like anyplace, it has it positives and minuses. The hurricanes are the last straw. Living on an island with 1/4 mile between the Atlantic and the Florida Bay, if a storm surge hits us, our little house turns into a swimming pool with a roof. The hurricane season is too stressful. I didn't sleep at all during Wilma. The shrieking of the wind was just eerie, and then the cracking of trees and storms from the feeder bands were scary. There are still tow trucks every day removing cars ferom locations further south that got destroyed by stoem surges.
We're still looking at Charleston, SC or Savannah, GA so we can stay close to the water. We had a thing we thought was a go in ST Louis, but it fell through.
Oh well. I have to go work on civilizing myself.
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Posted: 02/20/06 - 18:39 Post subject:
| robp wrote: | | civilization is over-rated. |
You have a valid point, and while we have enjoyed running around loose like pagans aside from work, the cost of living is continuing to rise and the wages do not correspond. We want to but a home and perhaps have a child (Yikes!) and we also don't want to live through another hurricane season. It's very stressful, and while being able to literally run from the ocean to the bay in less than 5 minutes and jump in both bodies of water is fun, the trade-off is not worth it. We can't save money here and afford to raise a family.
This is a great place to visit, especially if you like to fish (this IS the sports-fishing capital of the world, seriously) and snorkel and dive. I'd definitely recommend it as a vacation spot and despite the struggles we have ben through and the bizarre mess that got us here will miss the sun and the easy access to the ocean and the laid-backness of the place. I will miss my nightly walks with the dog to the water and diving for lobster and snorkeling. Larry will miss his fishing. We'll both miss the easy access to the water.
Unfortunately, if you don't have a boatload of money, it's dificult to live here and save. We both want to move on. We need to have a stable life again. With a one bedroom, one bath concrete home that is a handyman's special going for $389,000, that is not going to happen. Crap, in Ohio, we could afford an almost mansion for that. Or, in our case, something much more affordable and still comfortable for about 100 - 150, with some fix up stuff. Maybe a bit more, but not much. In Charleston, we start at 149 and go up. We want our own house to raise a kid.
Missing the water and the parks and beaches will be tough. There are all sorts of widlife here, and gorgeous state parks when you take the chance to find them. I've seen two bald eagles while kayaking, and tons of dolphins and nurse sharks, and snorkeled through schools of yellowtail, barracudas, and clown and parrotfish. Nothing will ever replace that, but there are downsides as well.
Like I said, it's a great place to visit, or retire. The fishing is great if you know what you're doing. I don't, and I've even caught yellowtail and snapper and bonitas. It's pretty, and calm, and the "local color" in terms of people, while bizarre, is still funny. The bike trails are nice out of season. In season, you've got to watch people trying to pass on the right side through the bike trail (yes, illegal) and hope someone stops them. Sometimes yes, sometimes not.
Anyway, it is time to move. Like anyplace, it has it positives and minuses. The hurricanes are the last straw. Living on an island with 1/4 mile between the Atlantic and the Florida Bay, if a storm surge hits us, our little house turns into a swimming pool with a roof. The hurricane season is too stressful. I didn't sleep at all during Wilma. The shrieking of the wind was just eerie, and then the cracking of trees and storms from the feeder bands were scary. There are still tow trucks every day removing cars ferom locations further south that got destroyed by stoem surges.
We're still looking at Charleston, SC or Savannah, GA so we can stay close to the water. We had a thing we thought was a go in ST Louis, but it fell through.
Oh well. I have to go work on civilizing myself.
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Posted: 02/20/06 - 23:10 Post subject:
You'll do fine in Charleston. You'll have all the culture you miss now, and real human beings, not shot-out stoners, to hang out with, and you're still close to the beach. There's Sullivan's Island and Mount Pleasant right over the bridge.....and when your feet are fixed we can run Cooper River! That bridge run is awesome. And we can do the ghost tour when I come visit......and shopping.....and SEAFOOD.....and Forrest and Regina are not terribly far either.
It'll be good once you get there, trust me.
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