Mzere wa mathirakitala a Airstream wayimitsidwa m'nyumba yosungiramo katundu ku Land Yacht Harbor ku Thurston County, Washington, pa Meyi 28, 2008. (Drew Perine/The News Tribune kudzera pa Associated Press)
Mu 2020, pamene studio ya zaluso yomwe ndinkayendetsa inatsekedwa mumzinda wa Palmer, ndinayamba kulota zomanga ndikugwiritsa ntchito studio ya zaluso zoyenda. Lingaliro langa ndilakuti nditenge studio yoyenda molunjika kupita kumalo okongola akunja ndikujambula, ndikukakumana ndi anthu panjira. Ndinasankha Airstream ngati kalavani yanga yosankha ndipo ndinayamba kupanga mapulani ndikupeza ndalama.
Chomwe ndikumvetsa papepala koma osati kwenikweni ndichakuti masomphenya anga awa amafuna kuti ndikhale ndi galimoto yogulitsira ndi kuyendetsa galimoto.
Patatha miyezi ingapo kuchokera pamene ndinatenga galimoto, ndinacheza ndi anzanga nthawi yopuma mowa mwauchidakwa ndipo anali ofunitsitsa kumva zonse. Anandifunsa mafunso okhudza kapangidwe kake, kapangidwe kake, kapangidwe ka mkati, zomwe ndinayankha mosavuta kutengera zitsanzo zomwe ndinafufuza. Koma kenako mafunso awo anayamba kukhala omveka bwino. Atazindikira kuti sindinalowepo mumlengalenga, sanabise mwachangu alamu pankhope zawo mpaka kufika poti sanamvere. Ndinapitiriza kukambirana, ndili ndi chidaliro m'malingaliro anga.
Ndinazindikira kuti ndiyenera kuphunzira kuyendetsa galimoto ya thireyila ndisananyamule galimoto yanga ku Ohio ndikubwerera nayo ku Alaska. Mothandizidwa ndi mnzanga, ndinachita zimenezo.
Ndine munthu amene ndinakulira m'mahema, kuyambira ndi hema lalikulu kwambiri la zipinda ziwiri lomwe abambo anga anagulira banja lathu m'ma 90, linatenga maola awiri kuti likhazikitsidwe, ndipo pamapeto pake ndinamaliza maphunziro anga ku hema la REI la nyengo zitatu. Masiku abwino tsopano awoneka. Ndili ndi hema logwiritsidwa ntchito la nyengo zinayi tsopano! Ndili ndi chipinda chozizira!
Mpaka pano, ndi zimenezo. Tsopano, ndili ndi ngolo. Ndimaikoka, kuisunga, kuiwongolera, kuitulutsa, kuidzaza, kuiyika patali, kuisiya m'nyengo yozizira, ndi zina zotero.
Ndikukumbukira kukumana ndi munthu chaka chatha ku malo otayira zinyalala ku Tonopah, Nevada. Anamangirira chubu chozungulira ichi pa thireyilara m'dzenje lomwe lili pansi pa simenti, lomwe tsopano ndimaona kuti ndi njira yosasangalatsa "yotayira zinyalala". Thireyilara yake ndi yayikulu kwambiri ndipo imatseka dzuwa.
“Ndalama,” anatero iye, pamene ine ndi mwamuna wanga tinadzaza pompo yamadzi akumwa ya siteshoniyo ndi chidebe chamadzi chophwanyika chomwe tinagula ku sitolo ya ndalama—pamene tinkawonetsa moyo m’galimoto kuti tiwone ngati chinalidi chinthu chomwe tinasangalala nacho; chosokoneza, tinachitadi.” Sizimatha. Kukanikiza, kudzaza, kukonza zonse.”
Ngakhale zinali choncho, ndi mpweya wotuluka, ndinadzifunsa mopanda nzeru kuti: Kodi izi ndi zomwe ndikufunadi? Kodi ndikufunabe kunyamula nyumba yayikulu yokhala ndi mawilo ndi malo otayira zinyalala komwe ndimafunika kulumikiza payipi yolimba ndikutulutsa madzi otayira kuchokera mu chipangizo changa kupita pansi? Sindinagwiritse ntchito lingaliro ili chifukwa ndinali nditakopeka kale ndi lingaliro langa, koma linali losawoneka bwino.
Nayi nkhani: inde, ngolo iyi ikufunika ntchito yambiri. Pali zinthu zomwe palibe amene amandiuza, monga kuti ndiyenera kukhala wotsogolera wobwerera m'mbuyo kuti ndigwirizane bwino ndi ngoloyo. Kodi izi ndi zomwe anthu ayenera kuchita?! Panalinso madzi akuda ndi imvi, zomwe zinali zonyansa monga momwe ndimaganizira.
Koma ndi bwino kwambiri komanso kotonthoza. Ndimakhala m'nyumba nthawi imodzi komanso kunja, ndipo malo awiri omwe ndimakonda kwambiri amalekanitsidwa ndi khoma lochepa kwambiri. Ngati nditenthedwa ndi dzuwa kapena mvula ikagwa, nditha kulowa mu kalavani ndikutsegula mawindo ndikusangalala ndi mphepo ndi mawonekedwe okongola uku ndikusangalalabe ndi sofa ndikupuma pang'ono kuchokera ku nyengo. Nditha kudya chakudya chamadzulo ndikuonera kulowa kwa dzuwa.
Mosiyana ndi mahema, ndimatha kubwerera m'mbuyo ngati ndili ndi anansi okonda phokoso pa malo ogona. Fan yomwe inali mkati inapanga phokoso. Ngati mvula ikugwa, sindikuda nkhawa ndi madzi osefukira omwe angapangike pamene ndimagona.
Ndikayang'anabe mozungulira ndipo m'mapaki a ma trailer osapeŵeka ndimadabwa ndi mwayi wawo wopeza mosavuta malo olumikizirana, malo otayira zinyalala, Wi-Fi ndi zovala, tsopano ndine munthu wokonda ma trailer, osati kungoyenda m'mahema. Ndi kuyesa kosangalatsa kudzizindikiritsa, mwina chifukwa ndimamva ngati ndine wamphamvu mwanjira ina ndipo motero kuposa wina aliyense ndi zida zawo zokongola komanso zolimba.
Koma ndimakonda kalavani iyi. Ndimakonda zinthu zosiyanasiyana zomwe imandipatsa panja. Ndine wotseguka kwambiri ndipo ndikuvomereza gawo latsopanoli la umunthu wanga, zomwe zakhala zodabwitsa kwambiri pamene ndikutsatira maloto anga.