Living it up Jimmy Buffett style

What are your twenties for? Yeah, that's right - doing the things you can't do when you're thirty.

It's all about not being tied down to other people. It's about being able to do stuff you wouldn't normally do when you had someone else to worry about. It's about living in the now. It's about being flexible and spontaneous. It's about being as responsibly irrersponsible as possible. It's about having fun and not worrying about tomorrow. It's about making serious decisions over beer after a long day at work.

And that's where this story begins.

The setting: Cap Lounge, a few blocks from the Capitol
The company: A few of the guys from work and Torrey
The discussion: The January Situation

We're all out of a job in January. Most of our leases are up at the end of the year. Oh, what to do? One of the guys has the luxary of living at home, but if he decides not to go overseas for further education, then he's buying a boat - well a very large yacht. And there's enough room for two other people. One of the guys jumps at the idea of living on a boat on the Potomac. A bit of a step up from living in a van down by the river. (he doesn't live in a van down by the river, I was just thinking of the Chris Farley SNL sketch - roll with me on this one)

As the scenario is discussed, I start thinking "this sounds like a pretty enticing living situation." The metro is close. If I work on the Hill, it's a twenty minute walk. Rent is comparable. IT'S A BOAT!!! It'd only be a year. Why not? When else would I have an opportunity to live on a boat? I get along with the guys from work. All the living amenities are there. Yeah, the quarters might be cramped, but I'm fresh from the dorm mentality where you don't have a lot of space. I can deal. Did I mention IT'S A BOAT????

Well, something to think about for sure. It's still six months away. A lot can happen in that time. Nothing is set in stone. How awesome would that be, though?

Any thoughts on the situation would be welcome.

On an unrelated topic, while sipping our brewskies outside of the Lounge, we spotted several Members walking down the street: Raul Grijalva (AZ-D), Patrick Kennedy (RI-D), Patrick McHenry (NC-R) and several others that I'm not good at recognizing yet.