As much as I try not to, I can’t help but be envious of people as you travel around. First and foremost, I’m jealous of folks who’s homes are t-shirt warm at all times during the winter. We have a ~2500 sqft wood stove, several space heaters and our house is still freezing on those really cold mornings – sure most of the people with consistently warm houses have tiny houses or appartments with central HVAC, but still.
The main thing I’ve been feeling recently is barn/garage envy. We’ve had several major things go wrong with our vehicles these last few months and I have scant but a gravel driveway to do any work in… not so much as a beach umbrella to keep the weather off me.
People out here can have houses that are falling apart, then they’ll have a huge barn 5x the size of their house that’s filled with all kinds of tools. The guy I bought the rims for my Suburban off even had two full-size four post car lifts in his barn!
Unfortunately, like my father, I only get to purchase tools when a pressing need arises for them. Compounding that issue was the fact we spent much of the last decade living in an appartment and taking public transport, which means that my selection of tools is somewhat limited, mostly to things relevant to the electronics and computer networking fields.
I’m slowly amassing a collection of handy gadgetry, but it’s slow going and it still doesn’t mean I have any place to put them. 