Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Sleeping in a truck is not all that it's cracked up to be! Sure I couled smoke whenever I wanted to but lying in it is uncomfortable (but I did manage to sleep for 2 hours). It is not all its cracked up to be. But I wanted a change and I got it!
Breakfast at around 7:30 this morning. Am so sleepy I can hardly keep my eyes ope . It's time to take a nap! I don't have any appointments today.
Lunch was salsbury steak and noodles.
The time was kind of slow until around 4 o'clock when I asked the head of the shelter if I could use the computer to work on the spreadsheet. She really shocked me by letting me use her laptop. Now I was nervous. I was in her office using her computer! And she was very friendly about it too. THAT made me even more nervous! So I tried to finish up as fast as I could and she even critiqued it when I was done.
I showed her a picture of the sunrise that I took this morning and she wanted me to email it to her.
By the time I finished the spreadsheet it was time for dinner which was fish or chicken plus noodles.
After dinner things started to really move. First of all the shelter was going to start a program where people could get help with their resumes and help with findig a job if they wanted to. The person would provide as much resume information as they could and I would make a draft resume. The person would look it over and ecide whether or not they wanted to add something. When they were satisfied I would submit the final rough draft to the staff so they could approve it. Once it was approved then the final draft would be typed up (and saved) and copies would be printed and then the resumes could be sent out in the mail or by email. If the person needed an email address then they would get help to get one.
The next thing that happened was that the church that had their service here Easter Sunday was here tonight for Bible Study. Apparently one of the staff members talked about me and my working on the computer and they were interested enough to want my contact information. I already had an email address but it wasn't professional-looking enough so I quickly created a new one. So I'll be waiting (hopefully) to hear from them.
I was working on this and I also sent the 'sunrise' pictures to the head of the shelter by email.
I went to bed at 11.
Breakfast at around 7:30 this morning. Am so sleepy I can hardly keep my eyes ope . It's time to take a nap! I don't have any appointments today.
Lunch was salsbury steak and noodles.
The time was kind of slow until around 4 o'clock when I asked the head of the shelter if I could use the computer to work on the spreadsheet. She really shocked me by letting me use her laptop. Now I was nervous. I was in her office using her computer! And she was very friendly about it too. THAT made me even more nervous! So I tried to finish up as fast as I could and she even critiqued it when I was done.
I showed her a picture of the sunrise that I took this morning and she wanted me to email it to her.
By the time I finished the spreadsheet it was time for dinner which was fish or chicken plus noodles.
After dinner things started to really move. First of all the shelter was going to start a program where people could get help with their resumes and help with findig a job if they wanted to. The person would provide as much resume information as they could and I would make a draft resume. The person would look it over and ecide whether or not they wanted to add something. When they were satisfied I would submit the final rough draft to the staff so they could approve it. Once it was approved then the final draft would be typed up (and saved) and copies would be printed and then the resumes could be sent out in the mail or by email. If the person needed an email address then they would get help to get one.
The next thing that happened was that the church that had their service here Easter Sunday was here tonight for Bible Study. Apparently one of the staff members talked about me and my working on the computer and they were interested enough to want my contact information. I already had an email address but it wasn't professional-looking enough so I quickly created a new one. So I'll be waiting (hopefully) to hear from them.
I was working on this and I also sent the 'sunrise' pictures to the head of the shelter by email.
I went to bed at 11.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Got up at 4:30 to go to the bathroom and decided to go back to bed.
Woke back up just before the wake-up call and got my sheets and blanket together because Tuesdays are laundry day! We gather up our sheets and put them in the big bin and they are picked up by a laundry service and the already washed sheets are delivered.
Cigarette outside and then a cup of coffee and I took my prescriptions.
Breakfast was oatmeal. I had to eat something before my doctor's appointment.
Doctor's appointment was at 9:30 and I got there by 9 o'clock. Crocheted while I waited. My doctor confirmed the x-ray of my knee saying that it was osteoarthritis that was in my knee. She wants me to go to physical therapy for that so I have to make an appointment for that. My blood pressure is still high - 140 over 90. It's lower than my last blood pressure reading but the doctor still considers it high. She's giving me an additional prescription for that. I see her again in two weeks.
One of the other residents came by. He wanted to change from his doctor to one of my doctors. He was told that he would have to change insurance companies and I don't know if he's going to o that.
We walked to the store and bought some lunch. Went to Central and ate the lunch.
We then went to a group therapy session together. This one was about tension and relaxation. Basically when we're feeling tense we're supposed to thy things like relaxing our tense muscles, listen to relaxing music and just think of more pleasant things.
After that group therapy session we walked over to the bar. We had a pitcher of beer and we could smoke inside - Thank God! About 1 and 1/2 hour later we went back to Central and called the van to take us back to the homeless shelter.
I was worried about being able to get my prescription today because I would have to ask for another blue slip.
I got back to the shelter a little after 3pm and they had a task for me to. It was time to organize the clean sheets and get them ready for everybody's bedtime. It took about an hour for me and another resident to do this and by that time it was time for dinner. Dinner was meatballs and scalloped potatoes. Had a cigarette after dinner, came inside and my blue slip was ready.
Went and got my two prescriptions, came back and made some popcorn and sat and was writing this.
The spreadsheet was edited and now I have to do it over but I just didn't feel like it tonight.
Didn't want to be bothered with the sleep-room tonight so I slept in one of the residents truck.
Woke up around 2:30 in the morning and went to WaWa for water and donuts (and to use the restroom!). Slept until 6am and went back to the shelter.>
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Got up at 4:30 to go to the bathroom and decided to go back to bed.
Woke back up just before the wake-up call and got my sheets and blanket together because Tuesdays are laundry day! We gather up our sheets and put them in the big bin and they are picked up by a laundry service and the already washed sheets are delivered.
Cigarette outside and then a cup of coffee and I took my prescriptions. Breakfast was oatmeal. I had to eat something before my doctor's appointment.
Doctor's appointment was at 9:30 and I got there by 9 o'clock. Crocheted while I waited. My doctor confirmed the x-ray of my knee saying that it was osteoarthritis that was in my knee. She wants me to go to physical therapy for that so I have to make an appointment for that. My blood pressure is still high - 140 over 90. It's lower than my last blood pressure reading but the doctor still considers it high. She's giving me an additional prescription for that. I see her again in two weeks.
One of the other residents came by. He wanted to change from his doctor to one of my doctors. He was told that he would have to change insurance companies and I don't know if he's going to o that.
We walked to the store and bought some lunch. Went to Central and ate the lunch.
We then went to a group therapy session together. This one was about tension and relaxation. Basically when we're feeling tense we're supposed to thy things like relaxing our tense muscles, listen to relaxing music and just think of more pleasant things.
After that group therapy session we walked over to the bar. We had a pitcher of beer and we could smoke inside - Thank God! About 1 and 1/2 hour later we went back to Central and called the van to take us back to the homeless shelter.
I was worried about being able to get my prescription today because I would have to ask for another blue slip.
I got back to the shelter a little after 3pm and they had a task for me to. It was time to organize the clean sheets and get them ready for everybody's bedtime. It took about an hour for me and another resident to do this and by that time it was time for dinner. Dinner was meatballs and scalloped potatoes. Had a cigarette after dinner, came inside and my blue slip was ready.
Went and got my two prescriptions, came back and made some popcorn and sat and was writing this.
The spreadsheet was edited and now I have to do it over but I just didn't feel like it tonight.
Didn't want to be bothered with the sleep-room tonight so I slept in one of the residents truck. Woke up around 2:30 in the morning and went to WaWa for water and donuts (and to use the restroom!). Slept until 6am and went back to the shelter.
Woke back up just before the wake-up call and got my sheets and blanket together because Tuesdays are laundry day! We gather up our sheets and put them in the big bin and they are picked up by a laundry service and the already washed sheets are delivered.
Cigarette outside and then a cup of coffee and I took my prescriptions. Breakfast was oatmeal. I had to eat something before my doctor's appointment.
Doctor's appointment was at 9:30 and I got there by 9 o'clock. Crocheted while I waited. My doctor confirmed the x-ray of my knee saying that it was osteoarthritis that was in my knee. She wants me to go to physical therapy for that so I have to make an appointment for that. My blood pressure is still high - 140 over 90. It's lower than my last blood pressure reading but the doctor still considers it high. She's giving me an additional prescription for that. I see her again in two weeks.
One of the other residents came by. He wanted to change from his doctor to one of my doctors. He was told that he would have to change insurance companies and I don't know if he's going to o that.
We walked to the store and bought some lunch. Went to Central and ate the lunch.
We then went to a group therapy session together. This one was about tension and relaxation. Basically when we're feeling tense we're supposed to thy things like relaxing our tense muscles, listen to relaxing music and just think of more pleasant things.
After that group therapy session we walked over to the bar. We had a pitcher of beer and we could smoke inside - Thank God! About 1 and 1/2 hour later we went back to Central and called the van to take us back to the homeless shelter.
I was worried about being able to get my prescription today because I would have to ask for another blue slip.
I got back to the shelter a little after 3pm and they had a task for me to. It was time to organize the clean sheets and get them ready for everybody's bedtime. It took about an hour for me and another resident to do this and by that time it was time for dinner. Dinner was meatballs and scalloped potatoes. Had a cigarette after dinner, came inside and my blue slip was ready.
Went and got my two prescriptions, came back and made some popcorn and sat and was writing this.
The spreadsheet was edited and now I have to do it over but I just didn't feel like it tonight.
Didn't want to be bothered with the sleep-room tonight so I slept in one of the residents truck. Woke up around 2:30 in the morning and went to WaWa for water and donuts (and to use the restroom!). Slept until 6am and went back to the shelter.
Monday, April 1, 2013
Monday, April 1st - April Fool's Day
I'm definitely not in the mood for any April Fool joke today!
I woke up at 4:30 in the morning to go to the bathroom ane e3cided to go back to bed. The next thing I know I was the last to wake up and get up. Cigarette, then coffee which I had wih mhy medications.
Breakfast was cream of wheat.
I got a new cellphone and it took me most of the morning to activate it. I do have one of those free cellphones but I wanted one with a camera on it so I had to buy one. It cost me $15!
Lunch was chicken fingers and French fries. I had seconds.
Went outside to smoked a cigarette and shooting the breeze with a staff member who smokes too. Mostly we talked about eating more healthy. We talked about smoking too but we both talked about not fiving it up!
I'm having a lot of fun playing with my new phone. I can take pictures and go on the Internet. It came with a $10 prepaid bonus and that's what I'm using now.
I took a picture of the fog this morning and the head of the shelter liked it so much that she asked me to email it to her. She may use it in her artwork. She's doing an art project relating to the homeless.
One of the guys couldn't find his phone. He was charging it and left it to charge overnight and in the morning it was gone! It turns out that one of the women took it, made some ;none calls but she gave it back. The man was very angry but at least he got his one back.
I also decided to start a blog about being homeless. It's called "The Diary Of A Homeless Person". Maybe I'll be able to get a book deal out of it.
I went to bed at 10pm.
I woke up at 4:30 in the morning to go to the bathroom ane e3cided to go back to bed. The next thing I know I was the last to wake up and get up. Cigarette, then coffee which I had wih mhy medications.
Breakfast was cream of wheat.
I got a new cellphone and it took me most of the morning to activate it. I do have one of those free cellphones but I wanted one with a camera on it so I had to buy one. It cost me $15!
Lunch was chicken fingers and French fries. I had seconds.
Went outside to smoked a cigarette and shooting the breeze with a staff member who smokes too. Mostly we talked about eating more healthy. We talked about smoking too but we both talked about not fiving it up!
I'm having a lot of fun playing with my new phone. I can take pictures and go on the Internet. It came with a $10 prepaid bonus and that's what I'm using now.
I took a picture of the fog this morning and the head of the shelter liked it so much that she asked me to email it to her. She may use it in her artwork. She's doing an art project relating to the homeless.
One of the guys couldn't find his phone. He was charging it and left it to charge overnight and in the morning it was gone! It turns out that one of the women took it, made some ;none calls but she gave it back. The man was very angry but at least he got his one back.
I also decided to start a blog about being homeless. It's called "The Diary Of A Homeless Person". Maybe I'll be able to get a book deal out of it.
I went to bed at 10pm.
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