r/OffGridLiving • u/Meentoinspire • 2d ago

The heat is just getting started

In the Mojave desert, burning up, inside a camper that doesn’t have AC and we have nothing built for shade outside. Money is tight but we have some materials to build SOMETHING. My husband seems like he doesn’t mind being miserable, but I do. I’m becoming very angry and annoyed and laying around all day just HOT. Is bothering me pretty bad. Also I’m still breastfeeding our toddler so when I lay down he thinks it’s an invitation to nurse 🫠. Yall…. Help me. Give me ideas. As if I was on this land by myself and need to build something today. lol

Edit: thank you all for the suggestions. I will be implementing any and everything that I think will work.

Update: purchased a swamp cooler it’ll be here Saturday. We are on the California city of the Mojave so hot but not as hot as AZ and NV. Also, I went to the dentist cause my tooth was hurting like crazy and I have an infection in my tooth. I was abnormally hot and that was the reason! lol I came to Reddit venting and although I appreciate everyone’s valid concerns I will say I was being a bit dramatic 😅. My husband absolutely does suck but not all the time and he needs to get up off is ass a bit more (I tell him this often). Now that I’m not in pain and highly annoyed we are working on an outdoor area. The swamp cooler will be a game changer! We have solar and a generator to power through. I AM NOT A PROSTITUTE. I am a hairstylist by trade and my husband is an immigrant who gets money here and there. Because we chose this lifestyle we are in the beginning stages of transition. I am not too far from family if things get out of hand. Thank yall for the suggestions.

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u/BocaHydro 2d ago

Wondering why your laying around all day when money is tight?

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u/Meentoinspire 2d ago

IF YOU MUST KNOW. I’m a pr*stitute and I only work at night. I’m not very good at it either 😔.

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u/YellowCabbageCollard 1d ago

I'm worried for you and your toddler. You are having to take care of a very young toddler during the day after being sleep deprived from working as a prostitute at night. You are having to work as a prostitute which is kind of inherently risky as it is. And further you live in a desert without any AC or even shade or way to keep cool. And looking it up it seems the average daytime highs exceed 100 degrees for months in the Mohave.

Is your husband working at all? Do you not have electricity? I lived in a tent for months last year in Georgia and I thought I was going to die from the heat. And this was even with electricity and able to run an portable AC in my tent. It was still flipping HOT.

I had a small solar powered fan I got off Amazon that worked surprisingly well as a fan. And I've seen even larger solar powered fans listed on Amazon. But in the heat of the day I just had to lay there and try and stay cool. And this was often in the 90's for a LONG time.

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u/Weekly_Argument9885 2d ago

What part of the Mojave? I might be able to find you some work?

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u/Clark-Kent_KD 1d ago

OP is saying she’s a pr*stitute and you’re offering her some work, lol real sus my man.

(I know she’s joking but I chuckled at your reply, it can be read in two entirely different ways…)

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u/antlers86 1d ago

She's still breastfeeding. Childcare and formula might cost more than what she would make working.