While I was supposed to stay a week with Reid here in California, it turned out to be two. I was supposed to fly to St. Louis to help Zeona furnish a small home she just purchased for an Airbnb rental. That real estate transaction fell through so I decided to stay with Reid in California since my own real estate transaction won't close until Oct 13th in Durango, CO.
I finally got over my fear of driving his expensive sports car after I paid $100 one day for a rented car through Enterprise. His car is so low to the ground after my experience driving my RV or even my Jeep Liberty before that. It feels so vulnerable having so many vehicles hovering over me. However, once I got behind the wheel and experienced the power and the maneuverability, it might make it difficult to get behind the wheel of the RV again.
Anyway, I drive him to work everyday and then I explore. The original intent was to help him find a home here to buy but he's in a holding pattern until the end of the year so he might have to continue his nomad existence for another few months traveling back and forth between CA and TX.
We have found several lovely places, but it's hard to get over the sticker shock of the prices here compared to Houston. Now I know what my friends from Chevron in San Ramon were talking about when they moved to Houston. First of all, you make more money just because you don't get so much taken out of your check in TX. Secondly the cost of living especially when it comes to buying a home is so much more affordable in TX. However, this weather is hard to beat and there are some incredible views that are hard to find in TX.
He's flying to Houston and I'm flying back to Denver on Wednesday. He'll be visiting his boys and I'm not sure what I'm going to be doing yet. My flight arrives at 11pm so I may just boon dock in the Navi at the airport when I get back and decide the next morning which way to go.
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