Cohousing-L Mailing List: Different from what I thought it would be...

[PattyMara Gourley (pattymara]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 23:41:43 -0700 Casey Morrigan <cjmorr [at] pacbell.net>
writes:
>  So it's different from what I thought it would be.  (This last is my 
> theme song for moving into cohousing.)

I can already imagine the talent show act for this one!  
It got me to thinking....how is life at Tierra Nueva different than I
thought it would be?
After nearly five years of living here, in the presence of 28 households,
it is so much quieter than I thought possible. 
...and more private.  My neighbors respect my work time, my personal
space.  I have to go out and seek company. 
Before moving in, I worried about my standard of housecleaning.  What
would they think about my choices which most always veer towards working
in my (messy) studio than cleaning the stove or vacuuming?  It is SO not
an issue.  Nobody cares.  Nobody's checking.  
We still talk on the phone!  I had thought our proximity would cut down
on the phone chatting.  Not so.
We spend less time in the hot tub together.  Who knew, after all those
discussions in countless meetings about hot tub etiquette?

Patty Mara Gourley
Tierra Nueva, central CA coast


 
                                                                         
             

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