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I thought I had found a safe place to sleep in my car, in a covered parking garage at the mall. At 3am this morning the security guard woke me up and told me it's against mall regulations to let someone sleep in their car on the property. So I moved to a grocery store that is open all night. There was a security guard walking around but I don't think he saw me. I doubt I will be able to sleep there night after night tho. The covered parking was great because it protected my car from the heat. I have my laptop in the car and if it gets over heated it won't work. It's 111 outside today and supposed to get hotter as the week goes on. It is impossible to sit in the car without it being in some kind of shade. I will check out a few of the casinos that have parking garages and see about sleeping there. But I bet they have security guards too. There is just no place for people who are homeless. The three shelters in town are all with in a four block area and the sidewalks around them are packed with homeless people living on the sidewalk. It's not easy to get into a shelter, they are usually full. And as I've said before, they are very scary places. None of the three has any place to park a car either. I am thankful for the library, but it is hard sitting for hours and hours anyplace. But at least I am out of the heat for a while. I hate Vegas and I hate Life so much.
Thinking of you, (((hugs)))
You might find more oppurtunities for shelter
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It wasn't nearly as hot then; I stayed in the WalMart parking lot some because they Allowed it, and sometimes pulled into a dark corner in an empty Church parking lot, because it wasn't a big city and we Could do that...though it wouldn't have worked if I were caught.
Thing is, at the time I was Frightened by the thought of staying in a shelter with the "homeless people"; I didn't consider myself to be in the Same Fix - which was silly, because of Course I was. I was showering at the truck stop at the edge of town every few days, paying about $7 each time...I got a waitressing job before too long and then lived in my car in the Parking lot of the restaurant at night, still showering and doing laundry at the truck stop.
I was Not addressing my issues, heretic. I was still in "survival" mode - NOT "get better and get Stable" mode. And you will have to Get there, kind of a rock bottom, before you do something Drastic with your pdoc or the shelter or Someone....
I LOVE you, from way over here, and I Know you will survive this; all the same, it's just Frightening and Unstable and I Know it. I've Lived it.
I'm praying for you, hoping you will be Strong and that Good things will happen without your even Having to beat down doors to get them.
Mary Anne
Keep as safe and well as possible.
If you search on "homeless in las vegas" a woman says she slept in a hospital parking lot and some other places she recommends.