A week or two ago, I hit my head in the bus one too many times.
I’m 6’1″, and the highest point in the center of the roof is 6’1″. Everything else is shorter than that, including the insulated doorway into the living space. When I spend a lot of time here, ducking down is baked into my muscle memory, but lately I’ve been elsewhere a ton, and hitting my head repeatedly. Of course, I’m the moron who made that short door frame. Though I have also hit my head on the metal frame of the bus door. In general, I’m feeling a bit cramped.
This last time I hit my head, I turned into it hard. It was a hard hit, and knocked me down. In my frustration, I punched the ceiling, breaking a board.
This was the tipping point – I’ve never been that upset with the bus before, and something needed to change. I love the bus, but I’ve felt stalled on doing any work here, and I’m not taking care of it anymore the way it needs. Winters in particular have never been easy. The new wood stove I got a few years back made a huge difference, but there’s still so much that needs to be done.
I’m eyeing the shed I bought from Casey. They’d intended to make it into a tiny house, but opted to live further apart from me instead. It’s easily insulate-able (and part of the way there already), and has loads of headroom. In fact, I think I’ll be able to have more storage there in a smaller footprint, just because of the vertical space.
Moving into the shed would also mean moving away from wood heat. Such a small and well insulated space is not a place for wood heat. I’d either roast myself out of there, or be constantly feeding a tiny firebox. So I’m looking at propane heat options, too, which could gift me the experience of coming home to a warm place in the winter. Not having to wake up in the middle of the night is also a perk.
I’ll keep chopping and processing wood, because the bus isn’t going anywhere. It’s role may shift from a bedroom to a living room, and I’m excited about that possibility.
More than anything, I’ve felt myself hungry to sink my teeth into a new project.
I’m excited!