October | 2020 | the wild somewhere

10/09/20–Friday after school, Mom, Morgan, and I left California and headed east. Cheney and Tanner’s reception was at Dalhart Saturday evening so with driving straight through for 19 hours, we managed to make it there by mid afternoon Saturday. We dropped Mom off with Rhoda and then drove to Tanner’s cutesy house. We got to spend a little there and reconnect with old friends before heading over to Andy&Jenn’s to practice our trio for the reception. Tyrell who is Tanner’s bro and Diane Ratzlaff and I practiced and then Morgan and I went to Tyrell&Katrinas where we stayed for nights. 10 of 10 will go back there for nights again. Anyways, the reception was nice and I got to see lots of old “family’ and friends. Sunday we spent the day at Andy&Jenns basically just eating and hanging out and catching up and singing. It was such a happy day. Monday morning we picked up Mom at 5 and headed back towards California. We stopped in Gallup on the way through and dropped off Starbucks for all the girls which was fun. And I got to see Shaylee and Kenzie who are there from Linden area and it was nice to add more Alberta people to my “recently seen” list. We wish we could have stayed longer, but Morgan had a job to do out in the Arizona desert so we spent a few hours bouncing over sagebrush and small boulders. I got out a few times to look for flowers and admire the rocks but mostly we were in the vehicle working. We got home at 3 or so in the morning and I was so glad we’d had such a good weekend. I got sick Tuesday evening and have been since then so I skipped the Baby Shower i was supposed to help with Thursday morning, and canceled the Fall Supper that Mom and us were going to put on Thursday evening so that was disappointing. In the meantime since we are stuck at home, we are making plans for our Chili Cook-Off that will be held next month hopefully. I’ve done lots of sleeping and fevering and definitely have no taste and smell sooo we think its Cov*d. Boo.

Well I started writing this a couple weeks ago and just got on here again. Yesterday Morgan and I drove up to Angels Camp and met some skoolie people! Its crazy, but it was actually the first time we had actually been inside another school bus house. They were a really neat couple around our age and they gave us some useful ideas for going forward with our build. We were stoked to meet some fellow skoolie people and will probably run into them again while we are traveling somewhere! They upgraded their batteries and were giving away their used ones, which we got from them and will use for the time being since we will be plugged into shore power for the first while and won’t be boondocking alot which is mostly what they do right now.

So like I said before, we had Cov*d. And I thought I’d write a little about it because people have messaged us about symptoms and so on so if you aren’t interested, move along. We personally weren’t super worried about catching it, but now that its over I’m relieved so I guess I must have been more worried than I thought. The unknown part of it is scary. Mom and I started with fatigue and the second day got fevers. I ran fever for 4 or 5 days and the highest it got was 104. Mom came out of it sooner with head congestion and it took me longer. I slept off terrible headaches for 2 days straight. Morgan got hit around the 5th day we were sick and had only a tiny spot of fever and otherwise dealt with fatigue and lightheadedness and headaches. It took about 8 days for me to feel better enough to like go outside and sit and things like that. Morgan and Mom took a few days less than that and now we are back pretty much to normal and we are so thankful.

Our bus of course has been on standstill since we got sick but we have started back working there this week abit. We ordered this b e a u t i f u l black tile for the floor that I can’t wait to get in, and our sweet little fridge arrived a couple days ago too. We went with a little smaller fridge because the one we had originally wanted was out of stock indefinitely. We also had ordered baskets from West Elm that will be our “dresser” drawers. They came this week also so we have one here at the house and are packing it with clothes to see how much room our clothes will actually take. Both of us only have 4 ish pairs of shoes each and we’ve been working on downsizing our clothes too. Is 4 pairs of shoes too many for you, or do you have lots more? I never ask people about how many shoes they own, or more importantly, how many they own but never wear. Maybe I should ask more🤷‍♀️

Its beautiful and sunny and 70 degrees and I’m happy to be alive. The tree in moms front yard is changing color a tiny bit and it’s about as much as stuff does around here so we know it’s fall. The sunsets have been swell the last couple weeks too. I’m going for an orchard walk which I tried to do yesterday but partway home two dogs came out of the canal and snarled so I cut it short. I guess I’ll try again. Stay safe, friends.♡

Hey fans. I took a summer sabbatical as you all can see, and after some good summer days, I am back! I hope all of you have had nice summers. I covered a lot of ground this summer and I wish I could write about all of it but here’s a few of the highlights. Mom and I took Madison to Mackay, Idaho, to help set up her classroom; I went for a few days with Morgan on a job to Kingman and spent a little time with the lovely people there; Mom, Madison, and I taught a little Teacher Prep class for a couple days; we camped at the beach with the Koehn’s&Jantz’s and celebrated our anniversary that day by watching dolphins jump in the waves and finding sand dollars; we bought sourdough bread and flowers and soaps on weekends at Farmers Markets.

One highlight was going with Madison and Levi camping one weekend. We drove to Bishop and camped under the stars with cattle roaming around and the meteor shower overhead. The springs were full of unique people and we watched the sunrise from them one morning. We also found a place in the river and spent awhile one afternoon swimming. It was a glorious experience. On the way home we came upon a new fire that had started in the mountains so we stopped across the road and got to watch the planes drop retardant and the helicopters dip from the lake to fill their buckets with water. It was quite interesting.

Having this blog is difficult in some ways. I started this blog to keep my family updated while we traveled, but it’s turned into more of a lifestyle blog as time has gone on, with occasional travels scattered here and there. The things I write here are just my thoughts and opinions, but for you they could offend or inspire. I have often thought if you weren’t interested or didn’t agree, you wouldn’t come back but I hope that you can get something inspirational from each one and continue checking in on here! The downside to writing my thoughts and opinions to lots of people who know me or who I am is that some of the things I have written about or will write about can seem pointed, even though I try to stay away from “political” posts. I have lost a lot of confidence in my writing which is part of the reason I haven’t posted recently, and I miss it so much, but finding the middle of the road on what to say or not say is difficult. If I write about depression like I did in a previous post, 50% of you wanted more posts on it and agreed it’s somewhat of a taboo subject in our circles, while the other 50% criticized me for having to take anti-depressants because it’s probably a spiritual issue. Now I’m left with the decision if I should ever post about it again or not for fear of stepping on toes, yet how do I stay silent on something I have dealt with since my dad passed away? This is just an example. I want this to be a positive site, but there are some of these things I don’t know where to always go with. Please pray that this blog can inspire and enthuse.

A bus update. We are getting so close to move in time! I bought drawer liners the other day to keep things from sliding around in the drawers because that’s something you have to think about when your house is going to be on the move occasionally. Anyways when I bought them I actually stopped in HomeGoods line and thought, “Wow. We are actually doing this.” Since I guess all the work Morgan’s been doing hasn’t sunk in yet? Our cabinets are in, the whole inside is painted with just some touch-up painting to do. The bed is built and in, everything is trimmed out, and the shower is sealed. We need to finish the shower this week and get the stove and skylight in. Plus a lot of other stuff that is just getting items in and connected basically. We have everything bought except our refrigerator, and it’s out of stock. Do we settle for the wrong size or use a mini for the time being? All big questions, you know. I am honestly so so proud of Morgan because he has watched videos and figured lots of things out that we had no clue about before we started this. So needless to say, we are very excited to see what this month brings! We have plans to move in this month, but things have come up so we will see.

Since it’s past, I guess I can write about it. My birthday was the 27th and Morgan had a surprise party for me on the 25th! It was outside at Kevin’s and Morgan did such a good job. He grilled tri-tip and lots of my special people were there. I got very spoiled and loved and it was quite fun. Also I’m old now.

I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend. Stay tuned for more posts! Another Christmas Gift Guide post featuring different friends’ businesses will also be coming next month. xoxo, cheyenne

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