LifeInEveryBreath
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I've written this intro in my mind so many times that I've lost count. Different topics and mutterings each time, but at this point, I need to just begin.
In the 90s, while in college, I got it in my head that someday I wanted to modify and live/travel in an ambulance. Later, that image morphed into various desired vehicles, but never did I get to the point of full timer, only wayward traveler. My love for animals always tethers me. Back then when the dream first was a seedling, I mommied five ferrets. These days, it's four pups.
Over the years Ive found myself compromising comforts for options. Lived in commercial spaces for most of a decade. Sometimes built showers, sometimes used the gym. About 5-6 years ago, I bought a 94 Ford E150 Econline High Top Mark III conversion van. Sadly, the purchase occurred only weeks before the ridiculous jump in fuel costs. Then various issues frustrated me, or downright frightened me like the brake failure in the Bronx five years ago. DiscoBoogieMobile had/has those pesky electrical issues too. Replaced starter, battery, alternator, etc. Disconnected remote starter after the wild day when I couldn't get the van to shut off for an entire day. Of course, now realize I could have just disconnected the battery...the simple things I don't think of after driving 10-15 hours and arriving somewhere in the middle of the night.
So, for the last few years, Disco has been parked, eye balling me and reminding me of dreams. My insurance doesn't insure conversion vans, and my domicile is the actual very most expensive in the country, so having separate policies is beyond my scope.
Last summer I got a Toyota Previa and began to modify it. Unfortunately, it had a similar brake failure only a few months into ownership, but they failed at highway speed, and that van didn't make it. Loved it though. Would get another in a heartbeat.
Last RTR, I actually made it all the way down to meet all of you. Having followed van dweller groups since in college (though I think it was a yahoo group back then,) it was very high on my bucket list. But the drive was a full five days of knuckle grip driving, and my nerves were fried. After a few stressors, plus a small disaster getting lost in the desert attempting to go to Algondones alone, and then a phone call about Disco getting towed up north, I put my deflated tail between my legs and dragged my defeated butt back north.
Hopefully, after a solid week at RTR, I will return inspired and get Disco back on the road. Especially now that gas is cheap. And I'm certain my questions about SD residency vs health insurance in another state could be answered by fellow members so I can make my "move" in the next month. I guess it's time to dig up her old disco ball ornament, because I'm feeling inspired again.
Now Ive finally said hello and done my intro. Sorry for lurking for a few years on this board, and on other boards for years before that. I always felt like a fake, and hesitated to post. This time I'm not skulking off. Currently I'm resting with the fur balls in west Phoenix, and will arrive by 10am for the seminar.
Looking forward to knowing you guys. Was hoping to create a more profound first post, but more for myself as a proclamation, I guess. Instead I've decided to compromise by using a quote as my username that has profound meaning to me, and at any time is capable of bringing me to tears. Life in every breath. That was how I was living, and where I must return. I hope some of you will get to know me, and hold me accountable to that motto.
See you in the morning. You'll know it's me when you see a little boxy MPV with a frazzled petite female and four crazy pups contained within. We are noisy, intensely friendly and open, and overall, quite a funny looking gang.
In the 90s, while in college, I got it in my head that someday I wanted to modify and live/travel in an ambulance. Later, that image morphed into various desired vehicles, but never did I get to the point of full timer, only wayward traveler. My love for animals always tethers me. Back then when the dream first was a seedling, I mommied five ferrets. These days, it's four pups.
Over the years Ive found myself compromising comforts for options. Lived in commercial spaces for most of a decade. Sometimes built showers, sometimes used the gym. About 5-6 years ago, I bought a 94 Ford E150 Econline High Top Mark III conversion van. Sadly, the purchase occurred only weeks before the ridiculous jump in fuel costs. Then various issues frustrated me, or downright frightened me like the brake failure in the Bronx five years ago. DiscoBoogieMobile had/has those pesky electrical issues too. Replaced starter, battery, alternator, etc. Disconnected remote starter after the wild day when I couldn't get the van to shut off for an entire day. Of course, now realize I could have just disconnected the battery...the simple things I don't think of after driving 10-15 hours and arriving somewhere in the middle of the night.
So, for the last few years, Disco has been parked, eye balling me and reminding me of dreams. My insurance doesn't insure conversion vans, and my domicile is the actual very most expensive in the country, so having separate policies is beyond my scope.
Last summer I got a Toyota Previa and began to modify it. Unfortunately, it had a similar brake failure only a few months into ownership, but they failed at highway speed, and that van didn't make it. Loved it though. Would get another in a heartbeat.
Last RTR, I actually made it all the way down to meet all of you. Having followed van dweller groups since in college (though I think it was a yahoo group back then,) it was very high on my bucket list. But the drive was a full five days of knuckle grip driving, and my nerves were fried. After a few stressors, plus a small disaster getting lost in the desert attempting to go to Algondones alone, and then a phone call about Disco getting towed up north, I put my deflated tail between my legs and dragged my defeated butt back north.
Hopefully, after a solid week at RTR, I will return inspired and get Disco back on the road. Especially now that gas is cheap. And I'm certain my questions about SD residency vs health insurance in another state could be answered by fellow members so I can make my "move" in the next month. I guess it's time to dig up her old disco ball ornament, because I'm feeling inspired again.
Now Ive finally said hello and done my intro. Sorry for lurking for a few years on this board, and on other boards for years before that. I always felt like a fake, and hesitated to post. This time I'm not skulking off. Currently I'm resting with the fur balls in west Phoenix, and will arrive by 10am for the seminar.
Looking forward to knowing you guys. Was hoping to create a more profound first post, but more for myself as a proclamation, I guess. Instead I've decided to compromise by using a quote as my username that has profound meaning to me, and at any time is capable of bringing me to tears. Life in every breath. That was how I was living, and where I must return. I hope some of you will get to know me, and hold me accountable to that motto.
See you in the morning. You'll know it's me when you see a little boxy MPV with a frazzled petite female and four crazy pups contained within. We are noisy, intensely friendly and open, and overall, quite a funny looking gang.
