Raven’s Nest Update!
Added 2020-12-12 19:46:00 +0000 UTCNothing to see here just getting myself dressed on the top deck by the side of the road.
Took a test drive/test trip in the van! I met up with my favorite quarenteam collaborators who were on a longer tour in Philadelphia and spent a couple days seeing if I would die. I didn’t die! But I’m looking forward to reconfiguring the entire driver’s seat and creating a setup that allows me to drive without compressing my low back nerves into a nasty heebie jeebie pressure-pain mess. Once I have that down (and vaccines are rolled out), I’ll be ready to take on the world, and with much more force than prius nest days.
It’s truly empowering to take something that would otherwise be completely inaccessible to someone with my condition, and figuring out, creating a system, and making it work!! I think the fact that this life is more difficult for me only further drives me to pursue it and feel good doing it. Frankly, I’m gonna figure it out or I’m gonna die trying.
So I’m the raven I guess and this is my nest. I’ll definitely share my stabilizing driving setup once I have it down! Right now it’s two stacked seat wedges and literal shoes smashed down on both sides of my hips, so there is certainly room for improvement.
Update is for errbody
Comments
Yes, a different can of wedges altogether! Figured you would appreciate a peek of the inside :) And yes, Z is a builder, thank goodness.
Prana
2020-12-16 20:14:21 +0000 UTCI guess the van seat is so high, by necessity, it's a different wedging battle than with the Prius on your last trip. But when I got to number 8 , I said aloud, "Oh my God, there it is! The bed, storage units and..." I enlarged it and could see the propane cans, yikes. You built a cabin in there, if the spinal seat stability can be fitted. You'll do it, and Z's a builder, right?
Nouveauman
2020-12-14 06:27:26 +0000 UTCI'm so glad we got to witness your maiden voyage <3 here's to many more (less painful) miles in your sweet nest! And dude I feel you so hard on that bit about the challenge furthering the drive. Navigating the traveling model life has been a big part of my personal healing process as it's forced/allowed me to sit in my body, accept the reality of my limitations, embrace and nurture them, but at the same time see how far I can push myself. It's not an easy life by any means, but it sure can be fun and fulfilling if you can figure out how to do it sustainably.
Melancholic and Despondent
2020-12-13 02:54:30 +0000 UTC
