The Crazy Bus

So, my beautiful other half and I lost our fucking minds yesterday and made a huge purchase. Literally, it is HUGE, like 40 foot long and 15 feet high. We bought a motherfucking bus, and for once I get to be on a real bus, instead of the figurative short bus that everyone tells me I should be on.

Desperate times, call for desperate measures.

So, here's the deal. A few short weeks ago our landlord found out that we were subletting a room to a friend and told us this violated our lease (one of those things I never bothered to read) and told us we had to get out. In essence, and reality, we were evicted from our house. Well, our credit score sucks ass as we are both in monetary recovery from crap our exes pulled, so our credit score combined with an eviction has made it so no one will now rent to us, plus we have a dog and cat so a bunch of places won't rent to us because of them. And we can't buy because no one will loan us the money. So what are you supposed to do in that situation? Especially when it is coming down to the wire and you only have less than one week before you have to be out of your place?

You get fucking creative is what you do.

We have talked since we first met about tiny home living, you know, getting rid of all the crap in our lives and living on just what we need and WANT to have in our lives. Well, we weren't exactly ready to beyond the talking and planning stage yet, but this circumstance has become a catalyst for getting our asses in gear ... and in this case the gear comes with a 454 Cummins Diesel, that purrs like a fucking lion who is pissed off.

I'm not really a praying kind of person, if I chose to pray to anyone it would be the gods of fishing and sex (Try not to pray to wrong god at the wrong time), but my lovely lady is the praying kind, and she put it out there for the universe to provide us with something in our time of desperate need ... and apparently the universe listened!

We found this already started bus conversion that someone needed to sell because they had to leave for the other side of the country because of a death in the family. We were able to pick up this smooth running 1991 Ford B7000 school bus for a whopping $1,280 (including tax and title).

Now the plan is to find a non-running RV on craigslist that has other things that work, like a generator, fridge, stove, plumbing and other stuff. I saw one today for $600 that everything works except the engine, and I think I can get it for $400, which is more than we would pay for just a generator by itself. Hopefully it will be there next payday.

Then the real work begins.