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today i was excited because i was going to meet a friend i haven’t seen since before the pandemic shutdown
i was feeling so good about accomplishing everything on my list “at home” this morning— got finny on his leash, gathered my stuff and when i got to the truck door— oh no!!!— i had locked my keys in the vardo!!!
i was so bummed i had to call alison and tell her— we rescheduled to meet on friday but it was a let down from the idea i was so together
last year with the pandemic shut down, my business closing, the fire evacuations and shadow dying i had a lot of self-inflicted catastrophes just because i was so disorganized and out of my mind much of the time
but now i’m going to be a little bit more organized cause i added “hook keys to phone!” to my checklist for leaving the vardo
the good thing that came out of it all is i finished my woodland magic dress!!!— i’ll write more about that next time— schwan, where i was parked, is close enough to walk to my puppet studio where i had some spare keys, so the day wasn’t a loss after all
now i’m settled in for the night
i am so grateful to be in the safe space parking program— the county partners with local property owners to provide houseless people who have a valid driver license, current car registration and auto insurance with dedicated nighttime parking
it was one of the most stressful things on my road trip to not know where i was going to sleep at night— it is an intense kind of insecurity when you don’t know where you will be at the end of the day
since this was my first road trip in my vardo i didn’t fully appreciate this— i am already looking ahead for my november trip up to oregon and washington so i will be better prepared
a night here or there figuring it out on the fly is an adventure but this time i want to know where i am going most nights
the view from my safe space parking spot
