Brrrr, It Was Cold Last Night....

Now, I've been living in my car for a while, so I'm used to the cold at this point, but last night was still kind of miserable. There is nothing better than snuggling up in a warm sleeping bag, with a coat on top, and I've got that. I've also got a car with heat that works, which is a wonderful thing when u wake up cold, and know its going to be that much harder to get back to sleep if you don't get warm. But I sprained my knee three weeks ago, and the cold is hard on my knee, which isn't healing as fast as I hoped.

When you live in a car in the winter, you have to think about the freezing point of common items. Not being a natural MacGyver, I didn't do this. This morning I went to do laundry, and the liquid detergent that was sitting in the trunk was congealed. It washed a load just fine, but left suds all over at the end of the cycle. Yuck! I should have thought to bring the detergent into the car last night, where the temperature is probably at least ten degrees warmer than the trunk, but I didn't.

The other thing about living in a car is that it is such a MESS. I used to have such a neatly organized house before losing the ability to pay rent. Now I just look at my car sometimes, and sigh. How am I ever going to find something small in here if I lose it, which happens every week? Every inch of space is full. The front dashboard is a "dryer" for things that should air dry - socks and a blouse are up there right now. The space below the front passenger seat has no less than a gallon water bottle, hair brush, shoes, boots, wipe-up bottle, laptop, laptop cords, inverter, books, day planner, folders for work, substitute teaching folder, knitting bag filled with a sweater that is almost finished, empty cooler, duffle bag with clothes, underwear, and socks...and this is just the space in front of the passenger seat.

Every night all the crap on the back seat migrates forward, so that I have a place to sleep. And every morning, at least half of it gets thrown on the back seat, so that I have a place to sit and drive. And no, I have yet to come up with a better system.