The Best Thing


The best thing, so far, about living in an RV is the free flexibility workout.  I was a gymnastics coach in another life, but somewhere along the line I quit moving like that.  In fact, one of the reasons cited to me, by my first real employer, for hiring me was my flexibility. They were starting diorama renovations and the access was tight. And, once in the dioramas, a certain amount of gymnastics was needed to work.  But, after 10 years of being in project management, 3 of those years working from home, and about 9 months recovering from a severely sprained ankle, I've just tightened up.  

(My sprain in June, '10.)

In the RV, I have to bend - alot.  Maybe it's this way in all RVs, but in ours it is.  The bed in the back is a double bed that is not only wedged between two walls, but also has about 1/3 of it blocked at the end by a cabinet.  Plus, I have to crawl into bed and around two little white dogs that seem to take up much more space than they possibly could.  How do dogs grow this way???

Clothes and towels are stored above the bed, so I kneel on the bed to get to them.  To get under or out of the covers, I lie on my back, pull my feet up over my head, and scoot the covers out from under me (or vise-versa.)


We have a narrow walkway from our "living room" through the kitchen/dining to the bathroom.  Whenever Dave is walking through, I sit at the table and pull my legs up onto the seat.  We've both said that we can't gain any weight or we won't fit into the bathroom.


I actually think this is a good thing!  I'd gotten much too sedentary in a big house.  Because of my ankle I'd started pushing up from a seated position with my hands, now my legs aren't as strong as they should be.  I really think that living in Beans will help get me back into some sort of reasonable shape.  Between the flexibility workout and walking the dogs 4 times a day, it's got to help!