We had a bit of a scramble getting from the town we were living in to Montpelier. We had chosen a town in which to sublet in Vermont thinking that we wanted to either live there or in Burlington. As it turns out, we fell in love with Montpelier, and then, amazingly, I got a job there. Awesome, right? Except for the fact that it is really hard to find apartments here, especially pet-friendly ones, and our sublet was about to run out. We literally saw a place on Tuesday, signed a lease on Wednesday, and moved in on Friday right before our sublet expired on Saturday. We were so happy to have somewhere to live that we tried not to focus on the fact that the place we found was very, very small.
And it is very, very small. It is a glorified studio apartment, though since it has two rooms and a bathroom, it was advertised as a one-bedroom. We are making it work, but it was very hard at first. It got easier when the Husband found himself studio space. It was actually his idea that I get studio space as well. My loom and yarn are over there, as well as sewing supplies.
The theory is that I'm going to give the whole weaving thing an actual go, in a space where I won't have to fold up the loom or shove it in the corner every night. The theory is that I'll be a weaver, and maybe actually sell the things I weave, and maybe eventually even make a noticeable portion of my income from it.
When Virginia Woolf talked about having a room of one's own, she was talking about bringing legitimacy to one's work. The flip side of legitimacy is a sense of responsibility and the fact that it's time to either do the thing you've been talking about or shut up about it. Frankly, it's daunting. We'll see whether in a few months I'm doing the thing or shutting up. I really hope it's the former.
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