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(Gaze upon my illustrious air mattress bed, lol. 🤣)

So a summary of everything that's happened in the last week:

Last Tuesday:

- I took a bus to visit an organization that offers case management services (among other services for the homeless, mentally ill, struggling with addiction, etc.)

- Said organization isn't offering the services I need until Feb (at least, maybe longer) and someone stole my phone after I dropped it on the bus. They then tried to pay their Cricket Wireless phone bill with the Venmo debit card that was in the back of my phone case (Did I mention my legal ID was also in the back of aid pone case?)

Last Wednesday:

- One of my social service workers drove up to the city I was staying in with her boss; they purchased a new prepaid phone for me (and the first month's service), took me to the local DMV to order my replacement ID, and then treated me to lunch at Olive Garden

- The warming bus I usually sleep in (since getting kicked out of the only night shelter in town for no reason) was closed that night, because the temperature wasn't cold enough; I ended up sleeping under a bridge with another homeless person - he was an older man that I did not know well at all, and we had a snuggle a bit for warmth, but thankfully he didn't do anything inappropriate

Last Thuresday:

- My social worker from the day before returned to pick me up and drive me back to Lynchburg; she treated me to lunch and dinner at Chick-fil-A, then put up in a hotel for the night

Last Friday:

- A different social worker from my team took me to the apartment that accepted my housing voucher so I could move in

Today (Wednesday):

- I had an eye exam and placed an order from a new pair of glasses, both of which were covered by my insurance (because I'm tired of running around half blind)

- At the end of my eye appointment, I find out there's a $49 copay for things that weren't covered by my insurance for undisclosed reasons; even tho they were willing to communicate with my social workers and figure out how to take care of the copay, then will not order the glasses I need until that copay is paid

And I've been relying on food pantries to feed myself while I wait for my food stamps to get refilled. (I also can't cook anything until I get some bakingware/cookingware, but I'm fully stocked with boxes of mac n cheese and regular pasta. 🤣👏🏻)

Hopefully now that I've got a stable living space, I'll be able to land a job and/or get more students to pay me for online tutoring very soon. (My team of social workers is also working on acquiring some furniture for me!)

Moroccan interiors - Home decoration From Africa

Berber carpet