Snooze Fest on the 4th!

For me, July 4th didn't involve fireworks or a cookout or time at the pool. It did, however, involve a solid nap with Munkie and a preliminary testing of my idea for sleeping in my car!!

At the beginning I felt like I was just playing pretend, until I remembered that I am in fact going to be doing this... for several nights. There was a brief second of "what the heck are you doing are you crazy this is insane so many awful things could happen what are you going to do then this isn't going to work quit this nonsense". Followed by "I'm doing something different, something daring, something adventurous, something odd, something I may never get the opportunity to do later, something freeing, something healing, and something I can learn from, so no... I will not quit this nonsense!!" I then continued on with planning my sleeping arrangements.

I thought about just sleeping across the back, but that would require a lot of moving stuff around every night and morning. Plus, I'm short, but I'm still not short enough to stretch out entirely across the back seat of a car. Problem. Solution? My back seats fold down!! When I bought the car about 4 years ago I thought it was an odd feature. They said it was to transport long stuff... but I've never used the feature (that I remember anyways). Who knew it would come in handy 4 years later for sleeping!

I folded the bigger half of the seat down, but it creates quite a dip right where my hips would be, so I stuffed a blanket, towel, and other random things at my hips and to support my legs, laid a roll out mattress on top of it and well... if it weren't for the 90 degree heat that day I could have taken a nap!! It was oddly comfortable! All of these items were just makeshift until I find the actual things I need, but now I know what I need to make it happen!

Honestly, when road tripping, getting a good night's sleep will be super important for all the driving and exploring. Also, if you know me well... you know how much I LOVE my naps, so I can't travel for a month or so with no way to get a good nap in! That's apparent in the fact that the only thing I've planned or figured out so far is how I'm going to sleep!! :P

Next up? Makeshift window screens and curtains!!