First let me introduce myself. My name is Kaytie, I'm 21 years old and currently reside in Bedford, Massachusetts in my car. It didn't start out this way but its where I'm at right now. This is day one of my blog hopefully I can stick to it and try to write in it everyday. I want this to be a journey for myself as well as my readers. This is just a simple blog about my daily activities as well as my travels and thoughts on whats going on around, how I'm surviving living out of my car, and what I learn on a daily basis.
Well this is actually day 3 of living life on the outside. The first night wasn't so bad. I was hanging out with friends until way late and then made my way back to town so I could crash in the Marshall's parking lot. I chose this particular lot because there are no lights and its way off to the side off the street so in others words almost no traffic and I can avoid the cops as best I can. So far so good, spent two nights in the lot with no problems. But as I wake up on day three with a tap on my window, it was the lovely town cops. So I sat up and rolled down my window. And the cop asks me why I'm sleeping in my car and if I've been drinking. I tell him no and that I'm traveling from out of town and I got real tired and wanted to pull over so I didn't fall asleep at the wheel. I'm guessing she saw that I had a Michigan license plate and believed me. She was nice enough to just give me a warning and leave. That was a good way to start my day...not. But it could have been worse so I cannot complain too much.
Event number two of the day was certainly one I've had before and it doesn't get any less embarrassing. So I pull up to the mall so I can return some work shoes I bought for a job that fired me after one shift. And I get out and go around to my passenger side door to take out the box of shoes and my purse and realize I've left my keys in the car and my doors are locked. Oh boy...really this cannot be happening right now. So I walk over to Sears automotive repair shop they can't help and send me into Sears to call mall security to help me. Mall security can't help and tell me I need to call the Burlington Police to come and jimmy my car open. At this point the cops have been called and I'm waiting outside in the rain for the cop. Next thing I know I look up to see a coworker of mine and she asks what happens, of course I just break down and tell her about my entire morning because it was so riddled with unexpected events. The cops finally show up and help me get into my car. My coworker comes with me to return those shoes and then we walked around the mall a couple of times and talked. She had the most amazing things to say to me about staying positive and what positive thinking can do. Now don't get me wrong I try to think positive as much as I can but sometimes life just throws so much at you that you feel so defeated.
Thank goodness this coworker was around because I really needed to hear what she had to say and can already tell that she is a gift to the world. She has such a big heart and beautiful soul. She just wants to help everyone and its so great to see that in action. She went through the same thing I am going through right now and has been able to help me out and give me such positive advice. I feel so lucky to know her and be friends with her. Even though alot of what she had to say had to do with Jesus and the real meaning of Christianity, I sat there and listened with an open mind. I'm not religious myself and I won't put others down for believing what they believe in but I don't feel it should be topic of conversation but i wanted to listen to what she had to say and I'm really glad I did because I got alot out of it. I have been having some issues as of late staying positive and and keeping a smile on my face. Which is never a problem because I love laughing and smiling and being happy and spreading that around. But finding that light in the dark will be a struggle for a while until my situation starts looking up. But my coworker makes me think that its definitely positive because in just a year she has completely turned around her situation so maybe I can do the same.
I am opening up myself to a new experience tonight and going with this coworker to a church function for homeless people. I am not sure what I should be expecting so I will proceed with caution. Well that is it for now I suppose, in my next couple entries I will go more into how I got where I am and where I hope to get.
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