4|7|2016

nearly every day for two weeks after signing on the dotted line, i spent mornings with my coffee and afternoons with my lunch...at the airstream dealership, learning every detail from him. i have no idea why he actually let me drive bambi off the lot. & i have no idea why he still answers my phone calls, although i can imagine they are entertaining.

good morning, young lady.

good morning, tom. {my airstream mechanic}. i thought my furnace ran off electricity & i'm plugged in......but there is no heat & i've been cold for 2 days.

missy, your furnace runs off propane. do you have any propane?

let me look, okay...both of the little arrows are red which means no. but, i just filled one tank. is there any way i could have used 7 gallons of propane in 2 days? i mean, i took a really long hot shower yesterday. could that have done it?

tom saves me & my airstream more often than he'll ever know. he taught me to drive her, back her up, hook her up, unhook her & how to fix her.

from oregon, he talked me thru tightening the hose to the propane tank on that early morning...after i had bundled myself up under 3 blankets & 17 pillows. i actually counted those pillows yesterday & that is not an exaggerated number.

what kind of woman has 17 pillows in a 19 foot rv. do you realize that is nearly a pillow for every foot from the front to the back of bambi. i know...this should be illegal. & if those pillows weren't to die for, i wouldn't have them. but they are. the end.

i have a tool box now. & i get grease on my hands. i fixed my stereo wires all by myself. i can refill my propane tanks & start a generator. i can back grand up to bambi & hook sway bars on like the best of em. i can adjust my trailer brakes. i can hook up water, sewer & electricity. i can put extension mirrors on & use them. i can downshift. i'm able to set my stabilizers & level her & put those little stoppy things behind her tires so i won't roll away.

that is everything i never thought i could do.

darling girl, you can do everything you never thought you could do, too. the aha.

wild heart • gypsy soul

xoxo, miss airstream