A Wish List

Hello, lovey. It's been a while since I've made any lists. I'm not even sure I have any still up, after my last deleting spree. But I feel like it's time to make a new one anyway, because lots of little and big things have changed.

Okay so, a little backstory first - like a weekish before daddy died, he bought one of the big fleet work/murder vans from his employer. He was just 4 months from retirement and apparently the plan was to travel and camp and live that whole #vanlife experience. The van is literally a shell in the back, no seats, no insulation or interior furnishings. It does have an etrack on each wall, though. 

Since it's mine now and I hate paying $290,543,768,591 every month in rent and bills, I wanna live in the van and keep daddy's dream alive. 
So, my current van life list is:

• 500w portable power station with solar panels
• a butt ton of heavy duty magnetic hooks
• camp stove
• camp shower (the bag kind)
• e-track wood beam sockets (8) and
• 4 2x4s, length TBD, and
• plyboard, size TBD
• a small, basic tool kit
• carpet tiles, rug or some other kind of flooring
• USB lighting
• USB fan
• collapsible water jugs (5gal)
• camp toilet (owned)
• cooler (owned)
• weather radio (owned)
• small folding table
• insulation (wool)

 

And, I think that covers it for now? I have storage options, blankets and pillows and folding chairs and all that mess, most of it 2nd hand, as is my way. There are a few other things I want, like this super nifty manual washing machine.

I want it. I wanna be a washing wench in my modern gypsy caravan wagon. I want to build an easy suspended bedframe using that e-track thingy, with lots of storage room underneath. I want it all to be pepto-bismol pink or rainbow hippie goth witch, and frilly and girly af. 

I'm poor white trash, so it'll probably take me 500 years to get all these things, but I think I can do most of it for less than $1,000 with the most pricey bits being the power station and tool kit and this manual washer (it's $70!!!). That's a lot of money for me, I suppose it's a lot of money for a lot of people right now but in my head it's pretty reasonable compared to those vanlife videos I see where they build a walk-in shower, a mini-bar, a petting zoo, a helicopter landing pad, and an olympic sized pool for *only* $78,000.

In the words of Tame Impala - 
It's always around me, all this noise
But not nearly as loud as the voice saying
Let it happen
Let it happen

Or if you prefer Spongebob - 

I'm ready, I'm ready.