u/June_Moonchild

I'll probably regret posting this, and delete it. Please bear that in mind should you reply.

I'm in my 60s. I'm retired, and poor, so I'm on a very low budget. I have no car, no drivers license, and no family or friends to hang out with. My mobility is limited due to health issues which require me to pace myself rather slowly, and I need a bathroom urgently, many times per day. Embarrassing but hey I'm old right.

Also I have high social anxiety, and I can not ride buses or trains. Maybe a train if it has a bathroom.

The walls are closing in. I feel trapped in my prison cell apartment. I need to get outside, and DO SOMETHING before I die. I want to visit upstate parks, and other attractions. I want to go fishing, take nature walks, photograph wildlife... exercise, breathe the fresh air and soak up some sunshine.

I like historical places, and almost anything outdoorsy. I can't stand being closed indoors for long, and I'm averse to large crowds. I'm kinda into spiritual / metaphysical stuff. I like crystals, and caves. And arts and crafts, music, farms, gardens, and animals. And boats. (If the boat has a bathroom).

I'm in Stockade, near State street and Mohawk river. I've taken many walks to the river, but that sucks now, and I must expand my experiences before summer ends.

Suggestions please. Really anything would be welcome, even if it doesn't suit me. Should I hire a driver to take me somewhere? I don't want to get stranded in somewhereville or somewherekill as night falls.

Obviously my options are sorely limited. But what would you do if you were in my shoes? I haven't made any local friends and I'm still pretty new to the region. TIA

A skunk been running around town for years. State street, Stockade section. I stupidly thought it was a lost pet ferret, and I put corn flakes out for the animal to eat last winter. I asked around town if anybody lost a pet ferret. Silly me.

I just took a nightly stroll, and turned into the First Reformed Church, because they leave the gate open all night. And lo and behold, right there was the same skunk I saw last year!

The skunk is okay. He found a good home on church property. Which sadly is more than I can say for the homeless men sleeping in Liberty Park, (Gateway Plaza). Or the homeless women who sleep on the Stockade bus stop benches.

I'm not faulting the church. I'm asking, where is the Schenectady homeless outreach team? Humans require food, water, and shelter even more than skunks do. Hit me with what you got.

I would like to thank Schenectady Police and Fire Dept, for letting me back into my apartment, when I locked myself out, late at night. I called the property maintenance line a million times but nobody returned my calls.

I would also like to apologize for the inconvenience, and I'm working on that not happening again.

Hopefully SCPD and SCFD will be as patient with me as I've been with them. Eg; Cops was pounding on my door at 1am, like a SWAT raid, scaring the crap out of me, and I let them inside my apartment, to do whatever they were doing, although I never got a good explanation for that.

And more recently, the Fire Dept guys were pounding on my door, with a big axe, for reasons unknown. Also freaking me the F out. And I said... there's no smoke or fire in my apartment, but you are absolutely welcome to come inside and see for yourself, and grab a cold beer from my fridge, because I'm always stocked up on brews for unexpected emergency crew company, such as yourself.

I love you guys, and thanks again for responding so quickly. It's not safe for an old guy like me to be out on the streets of Stockade, alone, late at night.