Well the long and the short of it is,
I'm 45 now, started off fairly well off. Ended up on the streets with nothing at 14. Rode trains, traveled, lived outdoors. Followed the Grateful Dead for a while. Made a shit load of money, bought a house for cash. Walked away from it 3 years later with just my pack on. Spent a few more years on the road. Made some more good money. Lived in NYC. Went back to San Francisco and became a street junkie for a while. Went to prison. Went to Tucson, got drug back to CA off and on for 10 years. Finally got clear of them.
Met my wife in Tucson 8 years ago. When we first got together we were sleeping in a ditch. Now we have a nice house. Flat panel TV. Stereo, couple of laptops. Two kids, a dog and a cat. A king size bed. And my wife's enrolled in Classes studying Linguistic Anthropology.
You can do anything you want, but I will say this. From the life style I've led I'm suffering from lots of health issues now. But then again, do I have more health issues than somebody who worked in a steel mill all their life? I don't know. I did get a trade in my early 20's so when I wanted to make legal money I could. But when I was released from Prison I wouldn't enter a building for 6 months. My friends would have to go get me coffee in the AM at Circle K.
Never was that much into alcohol. I shot smack.
Still enjoy getting out on the road every now and then, but to be honest, the way I like to do it now is in a converted diesel coach. That's what we're chasing now.
So what can I say? If you want to fit in you can. If you don't you won't. Whatever. Whatever it is you're chasing you have to REALLY WANT IT to make it happen.
I will say this about getting back into "indoors". We did a lot of research to get to where we are, and it's pretty fucking comfortable. If something breaks we just pick up the phone and someone comes and fixes it. They even mow the front yard, I just have to do the back. And I don't have to lock up my kids bikes. There's a 250,000 dollar playground for them right around the corner, and the beer store is a 2 minute drive. And New Mexico has Medical Marijuana, So life is good.
Take that as whatever
Logan
I'm 45 now, started off fairly well off. Ended up on the streets with nothing at 14. Rode trains, traveled, lived outdoors. Followed the Grateful Dead for a while. Made a shit load of money, bought a house for cash. Walked away from it 3 years later with just my pack on. Spent a few more years on the road. Made some more good money. Lived in NYC. Went back to San Francisco and became a street junkie for a while. Went to prison. Went to Tucson, got drug back to CA off and on for 10 years. Finally got clear of them.
Met my wife in Tucson 8 years ago. When we first got together we were sleeping in a ditch. Now we have a nice house. Flat panel TV. Stereo, couple of laptops. Two kids, a dog and a cat. A king size bed. And my wife's enrolled in Classes studying Linguistic Anthropology.
You can do anything you want, but I will say this. From the life style I've led I'm suffering from lots of health issues now. But then again, do I have more health issues than somebody who worked in a steel mill all their life? I don't know. I did get a trade in my early 20's so when I wanted to make legal money I could. But when I was released from Prison I wouldn't enter a building for 6 months. My friends would have to go get me coffee in the AM at Circle K.
Never was that much into alcohol. I shot smack.
Still enjoy getting out on the road every now and then, but to be honest, the way I like to do it now is in a converted diesel coach. That's what we're chasing now.
So what can I say? If you want to fit in you can. If you don't you won't. Whatever. Whatever it is you're chasing you have to REALLY WANT IT to make it happen.
I will say this about getting back into "indoors". We did a lot of research to get to where we are, and it's pretty fucking comfortable. If something breaks we just pick up the phone and someone comes and fixes it. They even mow the front yard, I just have to do the back. And I don't have to lock up my kids bikes. There's a 250,000 dollar playground for them right around the corner, and the beer store is a 2 minute drive. And New Mexico has Medical Marijuana, So life is good.
Take that as whatever
Logan
