I know that sleeping in your car is considered to be pretty sad, but is it okay to sleep in the back of your ute? Are people going to judge me for that? I’m not homeless or anything, I just have more control over my sleeping space there than I do in my house, given that I am renting.
Okay, maybe I should rewind a bit here because you’re probably a bit confused. It all started when the real estate agent for my property came around to do a routine inspection. They noticed that I had some of those glow-in-the-dark stickers of stars on the ceiling. See, I tend to get pretty bad anxiety, and I always found that ‘sleeping under the stars’ helped calm me down. Of course, you can’t sleep under the stars in the middle of winter, so I figured the stickers would help. In the summer, I’d still take old Bessy out into the country, complete with one of those popular ute trays for sale around Melbourne I’d purchased not too long ago, and stare up at the real thing.
Anyway, the real estate agent told me that I wasn’t allowed to put glow-in-the-dark stickers on the roof, as the sticker residue would do permanent and irreparable damage to the roof, drastically diminishing the property’s value. I probably could have fought it, but in the end, I decided that it just wasn’t worth my time. Instead, I came up with an ingenious plan and took my ute to the workshop. I’d heard stories about people who live in their ute canopies close to Melbourne, travelling throughout Victoria with nothing but their vehicle for company. That’s a bit too extreme for me, but I figured I could stick some glow-in-the-dark stars on the ceiling of my ute canopy, invest in a good swag and call it a night.
And you know what? I’m absolutely loving it. This is way better than sleeping in my house. I do worry about how air-tight the canopy is and whether enough oxygen is getting inside, but I seem to have been alright so far.
10/10, highly recommend!
– Bob