It does get easier!
I have been living in a Class C for 3 years now and I love it! I sometimes have a friend move in for 1-5 weeks at a time, and we still have room for their clothes and piano plus I have a crazy dog that loves traveling too.
I would suggest you try taking weekend trips when you are off duty. Then you can enjoy the fun factor! You don't need to worry about towing your car, just get used to driving the Class C and having fun traveling and camping somewhere else. Staying at least 2 or more nights helps a lot while you get used to setting up and breaking down to travel again. I don't even own a car! I just stop to shop with my Class C and when I am parked for a few months, I just take the RV out every week or so to go shopping and site seeing. So if you are coming back to the base anyhow, then no need to worry about towing the car for trips. This really puts the fun in RVing!
The really nice thing is that now you have the opportunity to seriously pack away some cash instead of frittering it away on useless stuff. Pack half the stuff and twice the cash!
I keep rearranging my storage until I have things organized with room for the things I want and tossing out the things that aren't worth the space. I keep my wardrobe scaled back to only fit in the closet and drawers provided, with nothing extra to take up too much room. I even installed a compact clothes washer in my rig and love it!
I travel with an outdoor den and dining area which is a 9x12 mat, a folding card table, 5 assorted chairs and now a bicycle too. I mention 5 assorted chairs because then you have choices, don't get matching chairs!
I have a high backed recliner, a comfy directors chair for typing outside, a camp chair for relaxing by the fire, a beach type chair that is very lightweight and an armless camp chair which mostly the dog has claimed as his own. He loves to sit around the fire or the table in his own chair, which is often overflowing with his blankie and toys. Yes, he puts his toys in his chair like its his toy box or possibly to alert me that this is his chair.
I like people and having the extra chairs means I am more likely to have company stop by and visit. I also like to cook and have hosted small parties or pot luck meals outside. Most campgrounds come with a big picnic table too. I have table cloths for the card table and the picnic table. I also travel with a 9 foot patio umbrella and a picnic table clamp. I am able to hook the big umbrella over the picnic table to expand my shady room.
I have set up my compact sewing machine outside and turned the picnic table into an open air sewing room for projects. I am always fixing something and having both tables outside gives me plenty of room for my next project. Mostly I work on my laptop and dine outside.
By spending most of my time outside (weather permitting) then my little old RV feels very spacious because I am not in it all day and night. Santa Claus brought me a bicycle, so now I can relearn to bike ride (and boy do my thighs ever hurt!)
Tomorrow I pack up and travel again. I am so excited! I already made my own bike rack so this will be a test for my new toy. I wasn't planning on a bicycle too, but Santa Claus seemed to think it would help improve my medical situation and I might as well give it my best shot.
