The World Is My Home

Lately so much has been going on I could write for ever, but I think I'll write about the one thing that, although subtle has really put me in a new outlook of life. A couple days ago it was in the 90s here in Ohio. A record high. I who hate both cold and intense heat was shall we say the least miserable. For more details contact my parents whom observed me laying in the middle of the floor in a nightshirt all day trying to stay cool. Anyway due to this heat I couldn't bare to sleep in my sauna of a bedroom, so relocated to a different kind of bed. In other words the trampoline, with a sleeping bad and some blankets. That first night was nice to escape the heat, but I got soaked in dew which wasn't pleasant, so relocated to my bedroom and spent the nights of that week fitfully tossing and turning to escape the heat. A few days later the heat become again unbearable so much that I packed up my blankets and bag and moved outside again. That night laying on the trampoline under the stars it felt like I wasn't outside but instead was inside a grand house called the world. It felt my house was simply a small room in that house and the starry sky ceiling. Let me pause here to say that this is a huge break though for me. Although I have slept outside for months at a time, it has always been in a tent. When I went to outdoor survival skills camp I worked like a slave driver to make sure we built a solid structure, it was like a log cabin, and fun fact it collapsed on us in the night. The reason for this is not to many scary shows, or scared of the dark, or the forest. Nope I was scared of the stars. I don't know why and I can't explain it, but there has always been something about them that creeps me out. But that night something shifted. I could only see those stars as part of the intricate ceiling of the world house, something grand and beautiful all those star constellations. (Orion is my favorite by the way, always has been despite my fear). Now it is late so bid you good night. I am off the my 14 foot trampoline bed underneath the star-lit sky.