Acclimating Cats to the RV Interior

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March 9, 2024 rswfire PUBLISHED

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[0:00] I did it again this is why I don't like

[0:01] using my phone but they're both in

[0:05] here

[0:07] um all

[0:11] right all right let's see how this

[0:14] goes there going to be a little bit of

[0:16] fighting I think I hope

[0:19] not I'm going to make this a bit of a

[0:21] wider

[0:22] view baby what's wrong oh you need help

[0:27] you can get up there see that was eing

[0:30] you're a cat did you forget that did you

[0:34] forget you're a

[0:35] cat I like what's that about what's that

[0:39] about why is he like that he's so

[0:42] weird Oliver kind of had trouble getting

[0:44] up there too though they just me all

[0:47] over the place guys I'm going to sit

[0:50] right here and let you do your thing

[0:53] okay wow this is different you don't

[0:57] know what I'm what WR wrong baby what

[1:01] wrong do you need me to okay I'll sit

[1:03] over here okay I'll sit over

[1:07] here he'll sit right

[1:11] here maybe Oliver will join us maybe

[1:14] [Music]

[1:16] not yeah please don't claim this bed and

[1:18] not let him on

[1:20] it I'm really hoping with this new

[1:23] environment you'll give him a chance and

[1:25] let him be with

[1:26] us it's not nice it's not fair that he

[1:29] can't sleep with

[1:32] us so please don't claim this it's just

[1:37] yours it's going up hi Oliver okay let's

[1:41] see how this

[1:42] goes yeah this is both of your guys'

[1:45] area both of you you have to share

[1:49] it you just have to share it okay this

[1:53] is well if I yeah I don't know guys I

[1:55] think I might have to keep this but I

[1:57] don't know what to do I really don't

[1:58] know what to do

[2:00] um but yeah I kind of want to keep the

[2:03] bed cuz this is our sleeping

[2:06] area and this is you know they're going

[2:08] to love being on here all the time

[2:10] especially when I'm driving I think

[2:11] they're just going to hang out here

[2:14] looking out the windows

[2:16] and I don't want to take that from

[2:19] them definitely don't want to take that

[2:21] from

[2:23] them but what do I do I have no space

[2:26] where am I going to put my solar

[2:28] power

[2:30] I don't know what to

[2:31] do I am not as stressed as I sound

[2:37] um I mean I'm not I'm

[2:41] just I mean maybe a little I guess I

[2:44] don't

[2:46] know well I don't know what the right

[2:48] word to use is here I'm not I don't know

[2:51] I'm

[2:52] just processing it I'm processing

[2:57] it yeah look how easy this is this is

[2:59] totally working out a he's even getting

[3:04] comfortable they are both doing

[3:07] great of course Bailey's a little afraid

[3:10] to

[3:11] explore but he's got his brother with

[3:13] him you got me you got me do you want to

[3:17] headbutt me yeah

[3:19] okay you can do that just don't rub your

[3:23] face on me your fur there's too much fur

[3:25] I think that I think he's why I have

[3:27] allergies to be honest with you I was

[3:30] thinking about it I mean it's probably

[3:31] going to be just as bad in here because

[3:34] I'm going to try my best to

[3:37] like I mean his fur is just a problem

[3:40] how do you deal with this much fur it's

[3:43] hard hi Oliver hi what do you think

[3:48] isn't this a nice space very

[3:51] comfortable very comfortable place to

[3:53] just hang out got nice views I mean not

[3:57] here but you know I'm just imagining

[3:59] them

[4:01] um a look at that you are just so

[4:04] comfortable aren't you you're so comfy

[4:06] see look he'll hold my hand um every

[4:09] night he sleeps with me but when I go to

[4:11] bed he follows me into the

[4:13] bedroom yeah I

[4:15] know and yeah he'll cuddle with me he'll

[4:19] hold my hand like just the

[4:23] most non- catlike behavior that I can

[4:27] imagine

[4:28] honestly

[4:30] he'll sit on my hand and sleep that

[4:33] way

[4:34] right yes you will which you know that's

[4:38] kind of a little bit uncomfortable to

[4:39] try to fall asleep that way but I do it

[4:42] for them I'll do anything for them if

[4:45] they're happy and they're comfortable I

[4:47] I can sacrifice my own comfort for

[4:50] them sometimes not

[4:53] always

[4:55] um Oliver what you doing we got to put

[4:58] some stuff up on the walls I know you

[5:00] guys probably seen in my house that you

[5:02] know I'm a guy the only pictures that

[5:04] are on the walls are the ones my mom put

[5:07] there but yeah I'll put some on the

[5:10] walls in here I

[5:13] think where you

[5:16] going you're going to go explore

[5:20] again I'm so sore guys I am so

[5:25] sore unbelievably sore just from driving

[5:29] like what

[5:30] that's messed up look at you in that

[5:32] little

[5:34] corner Bailey you're so precious you're

[5:37] just the most precious little guy you

[5:39] are can I get a kitten you really want

[5:43] one I'm just afraid you'll eat it or sit

[5:46] on it suffocate it to death sometimes he

[5:49] sits on Oliver if Oliver's in a spot

[5:51] where he wants to be he'll just sit on

[5:53] them and then ol has to

[5:57] leave things are going good

[6:00] I'm so happy about this this is working

[6:06] out yeah it's so hot that heater is

[6:11] hot but if you turn it off ba I'm right

[6:14] here dude right here you can even hear

[6:16] me talking

[6:18] so um it's so hot in here what what all

[6:24] right I get it you need special

[6:27] treatment I understand

[6:30] and um it's hot in here

[6:35] wow what I wish I understood you I don't

[6:39] really know what you're

[6:41] saying what are you

[6:43] saying hey Oliver my cats are like so

[6:47] attached to me guys like I I mentioned

[6:50] this in a video I'll just share it again

[6:51] for those who don't know I took a 2,000

[6:54] mile trip to Phoenix like a month ago

[6:57] and my mom stayed at my house for a week

[6:59] don't do that okay and they just went

[7:03] and they hung out on my bedroom the

[7:05] whole time and they don't do that they

[7:08] don't spend any time in my bedroom

[7:10] unless I'm in

[7:11] there the whole week she was like your

[7:14] cats um are

[7:17] depressed so and they you know I can't

[7:20] go outside unless they're both with me

[7:22] or they'll be crying at the

[7:24] door I don't know what to tell you guys

[7:26] my cats they're just so attached to me

[7:30] um and I don't get it like I mean first

[7:33] of all cats are supposed to be

[7:35] independent second I don't think I'm all

[7:37] that

[7:38] special but these

[7:41] cats are just so attached to me like

[7:45] there's nothing I can do about

[7:48] it okay so I think that's about it you

[7:51] know I've got some other topics I want

[7:53] to talk about I have a strategy for how

[7:55] I'm going to sell my stuff it's a really

[7:56] good and I want to share it with you

[7:57] because I think you guys um

[8:00] for you you know those of you who want

[8:01] to do what I'm doing I think it's an

[8:03] excellent strategy I want to talk about

[8:05] that

[8:06] later um and there was something else I

[8:09] wrote it down oh no this other thing was

[8:12] how to acclimate your cats I feel like

[8:14] I've covered that for

[8:16] sure so yeah it gets hot in here I've

[8:19] even got the you know the screen door

[8:21] window um well that window and then the

[8:23] door open

[8:25] and

[8:28] wow won need a lot of heat so one

[8:31] problem I have unfortunately I mean I

[8:34] got a bunch of books to read right I got

[8:36] all the manuals

[8:38] everything um I don't know how to

[8:41] monitor my

[8:42] batteries I can monitor so these are the

[8:46] you know this is what it monitors I can

[8:48] monitor my propane can you see that so

[8:52] we've got electric water heater gas

[8:54] water heater water pump I think I need

[8:57] that on in order for the water oh yeah

[9:00] that's on if you're not at a campground

[9:03] water tank eator so when I need a

[9:06] shower um I don't know why that always

[9:09] said that from the moment I got it

[9:11] hopefully the um sensor isn't bad

[9:14] already which it probably is it's a few

[9:17] years old but my propane's at

[9:21] 77% no battery it's got this thing up

[9:24] here telling me how much I'm using which

[9:26] that's

[9:28] interesting no idea like how close they

[9:31] are to being dead

[9:33] so if you guys have any

[9:36] idea how I would find that out that

[9:40] would be wonderful that doesn't tell you

[9:42] here this is just to turn it on or

[9:44] off you know cuz I even clicked this and

[9:48] this comes

[9:49] up the guy told me this should be 100 I

[9:52] should just fix that he said every 100

[9:56] hours give it an oil change

[9:59] I think something like

[10:02] that maintenance performed oh I don't

[10:06] know I'm going to click close I don't

[10:08] know um so that's it like there's

[10:11] nothing here telling

[10:15] me I don't know I'll read the books but

[10:18] I mean surely there's something out

[10:19] there that tells

[10:21] you your battery power like where you're

[10:26] at you guys good so they're going to be

[10:29] just chilling in here with me today I

[10:31] guess cuz I'm going to be out here a lot

[10:33] I'm just going to let them be in here

[10:35] you want in there don't you you're so

[10:38] funny Oliver you can get in

[10:41] there um and you can explore when you're

[10:44] ready okay you really can I promise

[10:47] you're safe you can explore whenever you

[10:52] want see how Oliver is just rubbing up

[10:55] against me I mean

[10:57] he's he's comfortable

[11:01] I love this thing God I love this thing

[11:03] I am I'm so excited about this

[11:06] life I I don't know that I've ever been

[11:09] this excited about anything like as far

[11:12] as you know like moving into a house or

[11:15] an apartment or this is different like

[11:19] this is a feeling I can't even describe

[11:21] to you

[11:22] guys I'm just I know I'm going to love

[11:26] this what's wrong I don't

[11:30] understand why I don't

[11:33] understand come headbut me just come

[11:35] headbut me you're

[11:38] fine I promise you're fine you can jump

[11:42] down okay you really

[11:44] can you you can come down you don't have

[11:47] to stay

[11:48] there you're making a choice right now

[11:52] okay you're choosing to stay up there

[11:55] that's on

[11:57] you okay you can come

[12:01] down I think you might be thinking about

[12:03] it

[12:05] yep um you can do it it's a bit of a

[12:08] drop you know we might want to put like

[12:10] a step ladder there or

[12:13] something but you can do it I you know I

[12:16] know you

[12:17] can you can come down

[12:20] here you can come down here come on you

[12:24] got

[12:25] this you got this you got this all right

[12:30] let's try this baby come here come here

[12:35] come on come

[12:38] on Oliver's down there how do you think

[12:40] he got down there

[12:44] huh yeah I'll give them time

[12:48] um yeah um so you know my cats will just

[12:51] be in here with me today while I'm doing

[12:53] stuff I'll have some other short videos

[12:54] just about different things that I'm

[12:56] doing and try to keep them short I'm

[12:58] sorry guys I just until I get better at

[13:00] being able to just take lots of video

[13:02] and then putting it into some video

[13:04] software that's just the only way I can

[13:06] do it so I'm sorry I hope I'm not like

[13:09] um killing you guys with alerts or

[13:11] anything like that it's not my intention

[13:14] it's just this is the only way I can do

[13:15] video right now so I will get better at

[13:19] it just be patient with

[13:21] me so I'll cut it there and you know

[13:24] I'll see you guys

[13:26] later there he goes

[0:00] I did it again this is why I don't like

[0:01] using my phone but they're both in

[0:05] here

[0:07] um all

[0:11] right all right let's see how this

[0:14] goes there going to be a little bit of

[0:16] fighting I think I hope

[0:19] not I'm going to make this a bit of a

[0:21] wider

[0:22] view baby what's wrong oh you need help

[0:27] you can get up there see that was eing

[0:30] you're a cat did you forget that did you

[0:34] forget you're a

[0:35] cat I like what's that about what's that

[0:39] about why is he like that he's so

[0:42] weird Oliver kind of had trouble getting

[0:44] up there too though they just me all

[0:47] over the place guys I'm going to sit

[0:50] right here and let you do your thing

[0:53] okay wow this is different you don't

[0:57] know what I'm what WR wrong baby what

[1:01] wrong do you need me to okay I'll sit

[1:03] over here okay I'll sit over

[1:07] here he'll sit right

[1:11] here maybe Oliver will join us maybe

[1:14] [Music]

[1:16] not yeah please don't claim this bed and

[1:18] not let him on

[1:20] it I'm really hoping with this new

[1:23] environment you'll give him a chance and

[1:25] let him be with

[1:26] us it's not nice it's not fair that he

[1:29] can't sleep with

[1:32] us so please don't claim this it's just

[1:37] yours it's going up hi Oliver okay let's

[1:41] see how this

[1:42] goes yeah this is both of your guys'

[1:45] area both of you you have to share

[1:49] it you just have to share it okay this

[1:53] is well if I yeah I don't know guys I

[1:55] think I might have to keep this but I

[1:57] don't know what to do I really don't

[1:58] know what to do

[2:00] um but yeah I kind of want to keep the

[2:03] bed cuz this is our sleeping

[2:06] area and this is you know they're going

[2:08] to love being on here all the time

[2:10] especially when I'm driving I think

[2:11] they're just going to hang out here

[2:14] looking out the windows

[2:16] and I don't want to take that from

[2:19] them definitely don't want to take that

[2:21] from

[2:23] them but what do I do I have no space

[2:26] where am I going to put my solar

[2:28] power

[2:30] I don't know what to

[2:31] do I am not as stressed as I sound

[2:37] um I mean I'm not I'm

[2:41] just I mean maybe a little I guess I

[2:44] don't

[2:46] know well I don't know what the right

[2:48] word to use is here I'm not I don't know

[2:51] I'm

[2:52] just processing it I'm processing

[2:57] it yeah look how easy this is this is

[2:59] totally working out a he's even getting

[3:04] comfortable they are both doing

[3:07] great of course Bailey's a little afraid

[3:10] to

[3:11] explore but he's got his brother with

[3:13] him you got me you got me do you want to

[3:17] headbutt me yeah

[3:19] okay you can do that just don't rub your

[3:23] face on me your fur there's too much fur

[3:25] I think that I think he's why I have

[3:27] allergies to be honest with you I was

[3:30] thinking about it I mean it's probably

[3:31] going to be just as bad in here because

[3:34] I'm going to try my best to

[3:37] like I mean his fur is just a problem

[3:40] how do you deal with this much fur it's

[3:43] hard hi Oliver hi what do you think

[3:48] isn't this a nice space very

[3:51] comfortable very comfortable place to

[3:53] just hang out got nice views I mean not

[3:57] here but you know I'm just imagining

[3:59] them

[4:01] um a look at that you are just so

[4:04] comfortable aren't you you're so comfy

[4:06] see look he'll hold my hand um every

[4:09] night he sleeps with me but when I go to

[4:11] bed he follows me into the

[4:13] bedroom yeah I

[4:15] know and yeah he'll cuddle with me he'll

[4:19] hold my hand like just the

[4:23] most non- catlike behavior that I can

[4:27] imagine

[4:28] honestly

[4:30] he'll sit on my hand and sleep that

[4:33] way

[4:34] right yes you will which you know that's

[4:38] kind of a little bit uncomfortable to

[4:39] try to fall asleep that way but I do it

[4:42] for them I'll do anything for them if

[4:45] they're happy and they're comfortable I

[4:47] I can sacrifice my own comfort for

[4:50] them sometimes not

[4:53] always

[4:55] um Oliver what you doing we got to put

[4:58] some stuff up on the walls I know you

[5:00] guys probably seen in my house that you

[5:02] know I'm a guy the only pictures that

[5:04] are on the walls are the ones my mom put

[5:07] there but yeah I'll put some on the

[5:10] walls in here I

[5:13] think where you

[5:16] going you're going to go explore

[5:20] again I'm so sore guys I am so

[5:25] sore unbelievably sore just from driving

[5:29] like what

[5:30] that's messed up look at you in that

[5:32] little

[5:34] corner Bailey you're so precious you're

[5:37] just the most precious little guy you

[5:39] are can I get a kitten you really want

[5:43] one I'm just afraid you'll eat it or sit

[5:46] on it suffocate it to death sometimes he

[5:49] sits on Oliver if Oliver's in a spot

[5:51] where he wants to be he'll just sit on

[5:53] them and then ol has to

[5:57] leave things are going good

[6:00] I'm so happy about this this is working

[6:06] out yeah it's so hot that heater is

[6:11] hot but if you turn it off ba I'm right

[6:14] here dude right here you can even hear

[6:16] me talking

[6:18] so um it's so hot in here what what all

[6:24] right I get it you need special

[6:27] treatment I understand

[6:30] and um it's hot in here

[6:35] wow what I wish I understood you I don't

[6:39] really know what you're

[6:41] saying what are you

[6:43] saying hey Oliver my cats are like so

[6:47] attached to me guys like I I mentioned

[6:50] this in a video I'll just share it again

[6:51] for those who don't know I took a 2,000

[6:54] mile trip to Phoenix like a month ago

[6:57] and my mom stayed at my house for a week

[6:59] don't do that okay and they just went

[7:03] and they hung out on my bedroom the

[7:05] whole time and they don't do that they

[7:08] don't spend any time in my bedroom

[7:10] unless I'm in

[7:11] there the whole week she was like your

[7:14] cats um are

[7:17] depressed so and they you know I can't

[7:20] go outside unless they're both with me

[7:22] or they'll be crying at the

[7:24] door I don't know what to tell you guys

[7:26] my cats they're just so attached to me

[7:30] um and I don't get it like I mean first

[7:33] of all cats are supposed to be

[7:35] independent second I don't think I'm all

[7:37] that

[7:38] special but these

[7:41] cats are just so attached to me like

[7:45] there's nothing I can do about

[7:48] it okay so I think that's about it you

[7:51] know I've got some other topics I want

[7:53] to talk about I have a strategy for how

[7:55] I'm going to sell my stuff it's a really

[7:56] good and I want to share it with you

[7:57] because I think you guys um

[8:00] for you you know those of you who want

[8:01] to do what I'm doing I think it's an

[8:03] excellent strategy I want to talk about

[8:05] that

[8:06] later um and there was something else I

[8:09] wrote it down oh no this other thing was

[8:12] how to acclimate your cats I feel like

[8:14] I've covered that for

[8:16] sure so yeah it gets hot in here I've

[8:19] even got the you know the screen door

[8:21] window um well that window and then the

[8:23] door open

[8:25] and

[8:28] wow won need a lot of heat so one

[8:31] problem I have unfortunately I mean I

[8:34] got a bunch of books to read right I got

[8:36] all the manuals

[8:38] everything um I don't know how to

[8:41] monitor my

[8:42] batteries I can monitor so these are the

[8:46] you know this is what it monitors I can

[8:48] monitor my propane can you see that so

[8:52] we've got electric water heater gas

[8:54] water heater water pump I think I need

[8:57] that on in order for the water oh yeah

[9:00] that's on if you're not at a campground

[9:03] water tank eator so when I need a

[9:06] shower um I don't know why that always

[9:09] said that from the moment I got it

[9:11] hopefully the um sensor isn't bad

[9:14] already which it probably is it's a few

[9:17] years old but my propane's at

[9:21] 77% no battery it's got this thing up

[9:24] here telling me how much I'm using which

[9:26] that's

[9:28] interesting no idea like how close they

[9:31] are to being dead

[9:33] so if you guys have any

[9:36] idea how I would find that out that

[9:40] would be wonderful that doesn't tell you

[9:42] here this is just to turn it on or

[9:44] off you know cuz I even clicked this and

[9:48] this comes

[9:49] up the guy told me this should be 100 I

[9:52] should just fix that he said every 100

[9:56] hours give it an oil change

[9:59] I think something like

[10:02] that maintenance performed oh I don't

[10:06] know I'm going to click close I don't

[10:08] know um so that's it like there's

[10:11] nothing here telling

[10:15] me I don't know I'll read the books but

[10:18] I mean surely there's something out

[10:19] there that tells

[10:21] you your battery power like where you're

[10:26] at you guys good so they're going to be

[10:29] just chilling in here with me today I

[10:31] guess cuz I'm going to be out here a lot

[10:33] I'm just going to let them be in here

[10:35] you want in there don't you you're so

[10:38] funny Oliver you can get in

[10:41] there um and you can explore when you're

[10:44] ready okay you really can I promise

[10:47] you're safe you can explore whenever you

[10:52] want see how Oliver is just rubbing up

[10:55] against me I mean

[10:57] he's he's comfortable

[11:01] I love this thing God I love this thing

[11:03] I am I'm so excited about this

[11:06] life I I don't know that I've ever been

[11:09] this excited about anything like as far

[11:12] as you know like moving into a house or

[11:15] an apartment or this is different like

[11:19] this is a feeling I can't even describe

[11:21] to you

[11:22] guys I'm just I know I'm going to love

[11:26] this what's wrong I don't

[11:30] understand why I don't

[11:33] understand come headbut me just come

[11:35] headbut me you're

[11:38] fine I promise you're fine you can jump

[11:42] down okay you really

[11:44] can you you can come down you don't have

[11:47] to stay

[11:48] there you're making a choice right now

[11:52] okay you're choosing to stay up there

[11:55] that's on

[11:57] you okay you can come

[12:01] down I think you might be thinking about

[12:03] it

[12:05] yep um you can do it it's a bit of a

[12:08] drop you know we might want to put like

[12:10] a step ladder there or

[12:13] something but you can do it I you know I

[12:16] know you

[12:17] can you can come down

[12:20] here you can come down here come on you

[12:24] got

[12:25] this you got this you got this all right

[12:30] let's try this baby come here come here

[12:35] come on come

[12:38] on Oliver's down there how do you think

[12:40] he got down there

[12:44] huh yeah I'll give them time

[12:48] um yeah um so you know my cats will just

[12:51] be in here with me today while I'm doing

[12:53] stuff I'll have some other short videos

[12:54] just about different things that I'm

[12:56] doing and try to keep them short I'm

[12:58] sorry guys I just until I get better at

[13:00] being able to just take lots of video

[13:02] and then putting it into some video

[13:04] software that's just the only way I can

[13:06] do it so I'm sorry I hope I'm not like

[13:09] um killing you guys with alerts or

[13:11] anything like that it's not my intention

[13:14] it's just this is the only way I can do

[13:15] video right now so I will get better at

[13:19] it just be patient with

[13:21] me so I'll cut it there and you know

[13:24] I'll see you guys

[13:26] later there he goes

18:18

Cataloging RV Equipment Purchases Before Pickup

Mar 5, 2024

6:40

Walking Through RV Departure Preparation Notes

Mar 5, 2024

7:12

Reading RV Preparation Notes on Camera

Mar 5, 2024

13:59

Setting Behavioral Baseline Before Full-Time RV Transition

Mar 6, 2024

4:50

Counting Down 48 Hours to RV Pickup

Mar 6, 2024

19:53

Testing GoPro Setup and Unboxing RV Gear

Mar 7, 2024

23:19

Preparing for RV Pickup and Drive Home

Mar 7, 2024

1:15

Receiving Solar Donation Trophy from Blue Edie Purchase

Mar 7, 2024

14:16

Unboxing Solar and RV Gear Before Pickup

Mar 7, 2024

0:52

Morning Departure for Dealership Visit

Mar 8, 2024

2:19

Taking Delivery of RV in Murfreesboro

Mar 8, 2024

2:31

Driving the RV Home for the First Time

Mar 9, 2024

1:48

Assessing RV Parking Options in Driveway

Mar 9, 2024

6:43

Introducing Oliver to the RV

Mar 9, 2024

10:28

Acclimating Bailey to the Camper, Day One

Mar 9, 2024

4:08

Introducing Oliver to the RV Interior

Mar 9, 2024

13:31

Acclimating Cats to the RV Interior

Mar 9, 2024

5:37

Leveling an RV on a Sloped Driveway

Mar 9, 2024

7:18

Morning Update on Channel, Levelers, and RV Layout

Mar 10, 2024

4:00

Planning RV Transition and House Liquidation

Mar 10, 2024

0:17

Touring New Space with Brandon

Mar 10, 2024

1:15

First Night in the Camper

Mar 10, 2024

4:11

First Night in the Camper with the Cats

Mar 10, 2024

3:22

First Night in the Camper with the Cats

Mar 11, 2024

10:14

Debriefing First Night in the RV

Mar 11, 2024

2:46

Installing Curtains in the RV for the First Time

Mar 11, 2024

1:15

Troubleshooting Stuck RV Stabilizer

Mar 11, 2024

6:16

Troubleshooting RV Wiring and Setting Up Interior

Mar 12, 2024

1:23

Second Morning in the RV, Cold and Insulation

Mar 12, 2024

1:58

Documenting Cold Interior and Insulation Plans

Mar 12, 2024

2:40

Demonstrating RV Leveling Blocks and Costs

Mar 12, 2024

5:58

Requesting Build Advice While Insulating the Camper

Mar 12, 2024

7:02

Returning from Dental Work, Outfitting the RV

Mar 12, 2024

2:10

Settling Cats Into New Living Space at Night

Mar 13, 2024

1:09

Planning Insulation Run at Five in the Morning

Mar 13, 2024

1:32

Sourcing Insulation Materials for RV Winterization

Mar 13, 2024

5:11

Holding Position on Public Disclosure After Family Pressure

Mar 13, 2024

1:09

Opening Camper Panels Before Insulating

Mar 13, 2024

2:37

Setting Camper Insulation Plan, Stepping Back From Family

Mar 13, 2024

3:29

Marking Three Weeks in the Camper

Mar 14, 2024

1:50

Registering the Jeep, Preparing the RV Transition

Mar 14, 2024

PUBLIC

March 9, 2024 rswfire PUBLISHED

Temp 0.10

Density 0.50

Energetic Quality

warm, animated, exploratory

Journey Phase

transitional — early occupancy

Directional Vector

into mobile sovereign living

Narrative

The phone was in his hand again, which he said he didn't like, and he fumbled the framing once before widening the view so the whole loft would fit. Both cats were in the space with him — that was the point of the recording. rswfire had brought Oliver and Bailey up into the sleeping area of the RV to see whether the rig would hold as a shared habitat, and he narrated the experiment as it ran. There was going to be a little fighting, he predicted, and hoped not. Bailey needed help getting onto the platform. rswfire noted the irony out loud — did you forget you're a cat — and then observed that Oliver had had trouble too. He settled into a corner of the bed and told them he would sit there and let them do their thing.

The heater was running and the cabin was hot. He had the exterior door open, the screen door open, a window open, and the space still ran warm — a detail he returned to twice, half surprised at how little heat it took. Outside that heat, the specifics of the day: he was sore, unbelievably sore, just from driving, and he said so with something closer to disbelief than complaint. The house was still being emptied. A month earlier he had driven two thousand miles to Phoenix and back, and his mother had stayed with the cats, and had reported to him that they were depressed. He offered that story to the camera as evidence in a case he was building about the animals — that they were attached to him past what he understood cats to be, that he couldn't step outside without both of them at the door, that he didn't think he was all that special and had no explanation for it.

The first real decision surfaced while he was sitting there watching them settle. The loft bed took space he did not have to spare. He wanted it gone and wanted it kept at the same time, because this was the sleeping area, and because he could already see them there while he drove — up on the platform, at the windows, watching the road go by. I don't want to take that from them. Definitely don't want to take that from them. And then, immediately after: where would the solar go. He said he didn't know what to do, said it several times, and then interrupted himself to correct the reading. He was not as stressed as he sounded. He wasn't sure that was the right word. He was processing it. He said that twice and let it stand.

The experiment, meanwhile, was working. Oliver stretched out and got comfortable. Bailey stayed cautious but stayed present — his brother was there. rswfire narrated their success as it happened, pleased. He talked about the fur, which he suspected was the source of his allergies, and asked Bailey how anyone deals with this much fur, and told him not to rub his face on him, and let him headbutt instead. He described how Oliver holds his hand at night, follows him into the bedroom, sits on his hand and sleeps that way — uncomfortable to fall asleep under, and something he does anyway. He would sacrifice his own comfort for them, he said, sometimes. Not always. He noted that the walls were bare, that in his house the only pictures hanging were the ones his mother had put up, and that he would put some up in here.

Then he turned the camera to the control panel and named a gap in the system rather than resolving it privately. Propane read seventy-seven percent. Electric water heater, gas water heater, water pump — on, because he wasn't at a campground. Water tank heater, showing something it had shown since the day he got the rig, which he figured meant a bad sensor already. He clicked into the generator screen, found a maintenance readout he thought should say one hundred, remembered the oil change interval the seller had given him, and closed it. What the panel did not tell him was the battery state of charge. There was a readout for consumption, which he found interesting, and nothing at all for how close they were to dead. He had the manuals. He had a stack of books to read. But he put the question to the audience directly: if anyone knew how to find that out, it would be wonderful.

Near the end he said the thing the walkthrough had been circling. He loved this — the rig, the space, the whole of it. He was excited about this life in a way he had never been about moving into a house or an apartment, a feeling he said he couldn't describe. And then he went back to work on Bailey, who was still up on the platform and would not come down. He told him he was safe. He told him it was a drop, and that maybe a step ladder belonged there, and that he could do it anyway. He told him he was making a choice to stay up there and that the choice was his. You got this. You got this. You got this. He gave him time. He apologized to the audience for posting in short pieces until he learned the video software, asked for patience, said he'd see them later — and Bailey came down.

Summary

rswfire films inside the RV while introducing his two cats, Bailey and Oliver, to the new interior. He narrates their movement through the space — the elevated bed area, the corner spots, the jump down — and states the acclimation is going well, describing both cats as comfortable and Bailey as still cautious about exploring.

He raises an open layout question: whether to keep the bed platform. He states he wants to keep it because it is the sleeping area and the cats will use it for window views while he drives, but notes he has no remaining space for solar power equipment. He explicitly states he is not as stressed as he sounds and is processing the decision.

He describes the cats' attachment to him, referencing a recent 2,000-mile trip to Phoenix during which his mother stayed at his house for a week and reported the cats stayed in his bedroom the entire time. He also notes fur and allergies, soreness from driving, and heat inside the RV with the door and window open.

He moves to systems: he can monitor propane at 77%, water heater, and water pump through the panel, but states he has no way to read battery charge level and asks viewers for guidance. He mentions manuals still to read and a maintenance prompt he closed.

He names two upcoming topics — a strategy for selling his belongings and cat acclimation — and states his intention to improve his video workflow.

Environment

Interior of a newly acquired RV, recorded on a phone in a wide-view handheld setup. rswfire is inside the sleeping/loft area with the bed platform, windows, screen door and exterior door open, and a running heater making the space hot. The onboard control panel — propane readout at 77%, electric and gas water heater toggles, water pump, water tank heater, generator maintenance/oil-change screen — is on camera during a walkthrough.

The recording is made for a video audience. Prior context referenced: his house, still being emptied, and a 2,000 mile trip to Phoenix a month before. Both cats, Oliver and Bailey, are present in the space throughout.

Substrate

This is the first-occupancy pass of a new operating environment: rswfire is testing whether the rig functions as a shared habitat before committing to its layout. Two decisions run in parallel and unresolved — whether the loft bed stays (spatial capacity vs. the cats' territory and window access) and where solar power will live — with the animals' comfort treated as a load-bearing design constraint rather than a preference. Beneath the walkthrough is a systems-literacy gap he names directly: propane and water are legible on the panel, battery state of charge is not, and he places that gap in front of the audience as an open request rather than resolving it internally.

Actions

Performed

•widening the camera view
•sitting still to let the cats move on their own
•narrating the cats' exploration of the loft
•coaching Bailey to jump down
•stating spatial indecision about keeping the bed
•naming his own state as processing, not stress
•noting soreness from driving
•walking through the control panel readouts
•showing propane at 77%
•opening and closing the generator maintenance screen
•asking viewers how to monitor battery level
•noting heat buildup with door and window open
•apologizing for short unedited video format

Referenced

•took a 2,000 mile trip to Phoenix a month prior
•left the cats with his mother for a week
•acquired the RV a few years used
•collected manuals and books for the rig
•covered cat acclimation in a prior video
•drove the rig
•was told by the seller to change oil every 100 hours

Planned

•decide whether to keep the loft bed
•find placement for solar power
•put pictures up on the walls
•possibly add a step ladder to the loft
•read the manuals
•learn to edit multiple clips into single videos
•post additional short videos the same day
•share a strategy for selling his belongings

Entities

beings

Oliver — Cat; moves through the new space readily, rubs against rswfire, holds his hand at night

Bailey — Cat; slower to explore, stays in the loft corner, sits on Oliver to claim spots

rswfire's mother — Stayed at his house for a week during the Phoenix trip; reported the cats' behavior; hung the only pictures on his house walls

places

Phoenix — Destination of a 2,000 mile trip taken a month prior

systems

the RV — New living platform being tested for occupancy and layout

control panel — Onboard monitoring interface for propane, water heaters, pump, tank heater, generator maintenance

propane system — Readable at 77%; one of the legible subsystems

battery bank — Unmonitorable state of charge; the named gap in system legibility

solar power — Planned addition with no allocated space yet

concepts

loft bed — Contested spatial element — cat territory and window access vs. storage capacity

media

video audience — Addressed directly as 'you guys'; asked for battery monitoring help and patience with format

Symbolic Elements

Represented archetypes or recurring motifs.

threshold

shelter

vehicle

window

heat

instrument panel

descent

Ontological States

Expressed modes of being or awareness.

transitional (first occupancy of a new living system, layout undecided)

sovereign (self-directed move into mobile living, decisions held internally without external authority)

relational (cats treated as co-occupants with standing claims on space)

open (spatial and technical questions stated without closure)

Engaged Subsystems

Architecture engaged in this transmission.

infrastructural (propane, water, battery, solar, heater as the systems being learned)

spatial (bed vs. storage vs. solar placement as the live design problem)

relational (cat territory negotiation, shared sleeping area, hand-holding at night)

somatic (soreness from driving, heat in the cabin, fur allergy)

cognitive (naming his own state as processing rather than stress)

documentary (recording as ongoing transmission to an audience)

technical-literacy (manuals, monitoring readouts, maintenance intervals)

Dominant Language

Core motifs or linguistic fields.

I don't know what to do

processing it

share it

space

monitor my batteries

you got this

excited about this life

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