Thinking out loud… Thinking about my original plan and although I really thought I wanted to get out of Colorado, there is certainly a comfort level here that is appealing when your brain is basically on fire and you are overwhelmed. Most of my stress being that in a week, when the ex moves to Tulsa, I am completely on my own to clean out whats left the house, deal with getting my own stuff to my storage unit, fix it, and get it sold. I temporarily belayed some other stress as I was able to get a loan (added to the rest of my debt – car loan, medical bills, two big loans, and taxes I still owe) that will at least cover living expenses for another couple months.
The good thing is I don’t have to make any immediate decisions – I can happily van life it on the PNW coast over the winter while I decide, and I could actually just do paid camp sites for years although I want to use that money for an actual place of my own. I do know I am definitely going to get a small camper trailer as soon as the house sells as having a proper living space I can stand up in and move easier with my chronic pain.
There is surprisingly a lot of land in my (theoretical) price range in Colorado that gives you multiple acres of flatter land. Available land in the PNW that does not require a lot of land work is in the square feet. Thinking about maybe having my own land in Colorado for the spring/summer (as impossible to find camp sites anywhere in the summer without reserving 6 months in advance) and floating around the PNW in the fall/winter as camp sites are actually available then. If the house sells for enough, maybe get my own places in both.
I don’t know though. If I can find a nice enough place in the PNW then that may be that. Me being me and dealing with money, I really need to get land as soon as I can. I just spiral on the logistics, eg. needing to get a new drivers license, license plates, etc in a new state and not knowing the area and whether the neighbors may not be open to my very existence. Also the less I spend on land, the longer I can last on the savings I would have. Otherwise it is vital I am in a trans friendly place where I can get a job.
