PULLED THAT TRIGGER YEEEEAAAHHH

Now it can be told: I signed a new lease for a new studio space today, and the move back to Portland's Eastside is on!

I checked this place out on a whim, and I slept on it for several nights, but there are just so many reasons to do it that I basically knew the second I walked into the place.

• Rent is ~$200/mo cheaper than the current place


• Utilities are included, which the current place does not do (that's another $100+/mo in savings)


• I could potentially share internet with others in the building, which means saving on that expense, as well


• It has good and proper heating and cooling, so my office will not be a gorram sauna anytime it's above 70F outside


• I can get a reserved and monitored parking space for a fraction of what it costs to park downtown


• I can hang a sign on the street side of the building, no permit fees or anything attached


• I'll be in a neighborhood that I actually like to hang out in


• I'll be in a building with other like-minded businesses


• I'll (hopefully) not have an idiot mail carrier who mis-delivers my mail all the damned time

What am I giving up for this? A bit of ceiling height, and a bit of square footage. But, given how I'm using the current space, that's not losing much of anything.

AND, I will also be on the second floor--visible, but not as accessible. I won't have to wonder if a random vagrant will be sleeping on my doorstep when I arrive in the morning, and I won't have random tourists wandering in, asking if I can take pictures of their weddings or their babies. ;p

Basically, there's no real down side to this. I kind of wish I could move in right this second.

It's good to be excited again.