The overnight shelters are closed for the season. Their main offices are open during the day for certain things (food pantry, appointments, clothing, etc), but that's all. The actual overnight sleeping shelters are only open from October through April at various area churches. Each church working with this program does it once a week on an assigned day. They all sort of take turns. I've been through this before. I was PTSDing really bad just before it happened last time. That's when the PTSD really hit (pardon the expression) and I reacted to my ex-husband. After things started to get better is when I finally left my apartment and became homeless. It was during the overnight shelter season, so I had a place to go for the night. I can't go back to the same shelters I was at before because I have been living ONE MILE out of their district. The other office is actually a lot farther from where I'm at now than the one I used to go to. I'm checking prices at area fitness centers so I can shower every day, and maybe even get some exercise. Trying to find a cheap campground nearby, but in this area almost nothing is cheap. Not much for camping either.
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My life and being formerly homeless
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