Winter Driftin
The tough part of winter is coming, nights that get well down into the 20s and days frequently too chilly to really bathe outdoors. There are few places safe enough to camp due to smoke and agricultural spraying. I will have to hide in the hills and ride it out.
My friends B & A are selling their house here to go back east. They have been good friends and I will miss them even though I have not seen them that much. The only time I usually see people is when I buy food or go to the doctor. B & A's is the only place I have been able to take a real shower or use a washing machine in more than a couple of years except for those few months when I had a place. Even if I only got to do those things every month or two, it was an important form of support. I also have a few of my possessions that I can't keep with me in the car stored in their house. I have to find a home for those things fast. I have had to let go of a lot just to survive. Not planning to loose anything else that isn't dead weight.
I really don't want to be out here. It is beautiful but way too isolated and lonely. Don't even have words for how much I miss all of you back home. Still, I believe that a major reason that I am able to maintain my independence is because I can avoid many of the things that make me even more ill. If I do manage to get indoors here, I don't know if my life will be worth the effort. No matter where I end up, I will have to live in in a bubble...*shrug* At least in some places out in the country here I can be outside without a mask.
My friends B & A are selling their house here to go back east. They have been good friends and I will miss them even though I have not seen them that much. The only time I usually see people is when I buy food or go to the doctor. B & A's is the only place I have been able to take a real shower or use a washing machine in more than a couple of years except for those few months when I had a place. Even if I only got to do those things every month or two, it was an important form of support. I also have a few of my possessions that I can't keep with me in the car stored in their house. I have to find a home for those things fast. I have had to let go of a lot just to survive. Not planning to loose anything else that isn't dead weight.
I really don't want to be out here. It is beautiful but way too isolated and lonely. Don't even have words for how much I miss all of you back home. Still, I believe that a major reason that I am able to maintain my independence is because I can avoid many of the things that make me even more ill. If I do manage to get indoors here, I don't know if my life will be worth the effort. No matter where I end up, I will have to live in in a bubble...*shrug* At least in some places out in the country here I can be outside without a mask.