Hello all. I have been a member for some time, but have not logged in in some time. I'm sitting here, with 3 sleeping dogs at my feet. It is the eve of my 46th birthday. A pot catches water leaking from the ceiling of my 89 pace arrow class A. I laugh every time I hear the 'ping'.
You see.. I laugh because there is nowhere to go but up.
A little back story... my wife ( soon to be ex .. more on that later) and I were living in a shitty house for 5 years... the slumlord owners didn't want to spend literally a cent on it. That is no exaggeration. We had four dogs, sadly as of march.. it's three beautiful souls( miss you greatly, Oliver) and housing near Vancouver B.C. Is outrageous, and with pets , well... it's hard. They decided to sell the house and we had only 5 weeks to move( I know .. that's illegal.. I'm taking some action there) but we HAD to be out sept 1st. I had bought the class A in April , with plans on gutting it , and renovating it to be able to bring my dogs to work, and taking the fridge etc out to use in a cargo trailer conversion. We were unable to find a suitable place that was affordable( total shitholes are 1400 .. we saw lots... everything in the rv works, but I have not tested the systems , and am suspect of some home job wiring... so I'm not using them. It's a bucket shower I made, and my BBQ for cooking.. one side burner.. it's stellar. I'm parked behind the cabinet shop I work at on my bosses 4 acre property, and my wife is at her parents( we are allowed there, but not the dogs.. so here I am) I have a porta john at work ( I'm the only employee.. so it's my private bathroom) all in all it was pretty sweet... the rv didn't leak when I got it. Saw much rain in the first month. but it's been a 3 month heatwave here, and it rained for the first time in months. Well, I sprung a few leaks!!! So it's Tarped now, and supposed to be sunny most of the week... but a bit of water was still on the roof under the tarp.. so it's a drip dripping beside me for the night. I've been wanting to go nomadic. My wife doesn't. She wants to work in an office, droning on with the same routine ..rinse repeat until you die.. fair enough.. but not for me. We have been growing apart, and are barely good roommates at this point. I want to camp and travel , and carve spoons and turn bowls on a spring pole lathe and live the way I want. So here I am , rv living.. just before I was ready haha! I'm thankful for the shelter( work in progress) the heat ( oil filled radiater style..plugged into the shop)... the cleansing power of a bucket, and a few fittings of course... the staples of food I bought.. and the tarps and rope I luckily( some would say preparedly) had on hand. Sure, I only have 12$ until I get paid next Friday, but I'll make it work. I haven't had a drink in 5 days.. and it has been pretty regular lately.. but I'm up for a change. Work is busy.. that's good. Soon I will upgrade my rig and sell what I don't want out of this one.. the 4000 watt generator and the dodge 440 for starters... I always planned on parking this rig and having it hauled away after it's usefulness was up anyway..
be a bit of a wet night, as the main drips are onto my bed.. where else? But I laugh... I may be turning 46 tomorrow, but I'm calling it "day one".
Hope to be participating and posting my journey frequently.
I'm thankful for this forum.. it's amazing . I hope to add a little to give back.
Mike.
You see.. I laugh because there is nowhere to go but up.
A little back story... my wife ( soon to be ex .. more on that later) and I were living in a shitty house for 5 years... the slumlord owners didn't want to spend literally a cent on it. That is no exaggeration. We had four dogs, sadly as of march.. it's three beautiful souls( miss you greatly, Oliver) and housing near Vancouver B.C. Is outrageous, and with pets , well... it's hard. They decided to sell the house and we had only 5 weeks to move( I know .. that's illegal.. I'm taking some action there) but we HAD to be out sept 1st. I had bought the class A in April , with plans on gutting it , and renovating it to be able to bring my dogs to work, and taking the fridge etc out to use in a cargo trailer conversion. We were unable to find a suitable place that was affordable( total shitholes are 1400 .. we saw lots... everything in the rv works, but I have not tested the systems , and am suspect of some home job wiring... so I'm not using them. It's a bucket shower I made, and my BBQ for cooking.. one side burner.. it's stellar. I'm parked behind the cabinet shop I work at on my bosses 4 acre property, and my wife is at her parents( we are allowed there, but not the dogs.. so here I am) I have a porta john at work ( I'm the only employee.. so it's my private bathroom) all in all it was pretty sweet... the rv didn't leak when I got it. Saw much rain in the first month. but it's been a 3 month heatwave here, and it rained for the first time in months. Well, I sprung a few leaks!!! So it's Tarped now, and supposed to be sunny most of the week... but a bit of water was still on the roof under the tarp.. so it's a drip dripping beside me for the night. I've been wanting to go nomadic. My wife doesn't. She wants to work in an office, droning on with the same routine ..rinse repeat until you die.. fair enough.. but not for me. We have been growing apart, and are barely good roommates at this point. I want to camp and travel , and carve spoons and turn bowls on a spring pole lathe and live the way I want. So here I am , rv living.. just before I was ready haha! I'm thankful for the shelter( work in progress) the heat ( oil filled radiater style..plugged into the shop)... the cleansing power of a bucket, and a few fittings of course... the staples of food I bought.. and the tarps and rope I luckily( some would say preparedly) had on hand. Sure, I only have 12$ until I get paid next Friday, but I'll make it work. I haven't had a drink in 5 days.. and it has been pretty regular lately.. but I'm up for a change. Work is busy.. that's good. Soon I will upgrade my rig and sell what I don't want out of this one.. the 4000 watt generator and the dodge 440 for starters... I always planned on parking this rig and having it hauled away after it's usefulness was up anyway..
be a bit of a wet night, as the main drips are onto my bed.. where else? But I laugh... I may be turning 46 tomorrow, but I'm calling it "day one".
Hope to be participating and posting my journey frequently.
I'm thankful for this forum.. it's amazing . I hope to add a little to give back.
Mike.
Hang in there!
