I talked with Enoch the other day. Enoch is the owner of the truck wash where the bus is hanging out. He says it is fine if it stays until March. I’m glad I don’t have to go down during Thanksgiving, it would have been difficult, and I wouldn’t have been able to get it back here in time. It would have just been moved somewhere else on the West Coast. So in March, Mark and I will fly out there and fix the bus, and then drive back to CT.
Tag: Bus
Real World
Last night I hung out with a friend I made while working at Cheney – he lives in the real world. Not much older than me, he’s working, married, and raising a kid. He’s also incredibly happy, and lots of fun to be around. I haven’t spent much time in the real world, and it’s no scarier than I thought it was, but I still know it isn’t for me. I don’t know what that means just yet, but I have a good idea of what I won’t be doing.
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about what to do with the bus after the trip. A lot of people have asked me – it seems that I’m not the only one who is already thinking past the trip itself. At first I was thinking about selling it, since I think it’s a little too big to really work as a mobile home. I’m also skeptical about the future of veggie oil, and I don’t see it staying free long enough for me to justify keeping it. I’m thinking smaller, thinking about converting my next vehicle to electric. But at the same time I see all the benefits of a school bus that made me buy one in the first place. Maybe if I’m really clever, I can get the best of both.
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The Whistle Blower by the McDades
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I’m completely bored by talking about the bus. I would love to listen to what other people have to say, or have been dreaming about, but mostly people just ask me about the progress, and my plans. I’m not thinking about any of those things. Not even a little bit. The trip is still very far off, and while there are still things that need to be done, it’s all fairly simple. When something needs to be done, I’ll do it, and then move on.
I’m a little worried that maybe I’ve pigeonholed the trip into my project, when that is the exact opposite of what I’m working towards. Or maybe I’m just reading into it all too much.