Trying to get through this first week
I recently got my hours cut at my job at a football stadium drastically it’s a part time gig but for 3 years I’ve always gotten very close to full time hours at 26 bucks an hr in lieu of this I got evicted from my 1 br apt in downtown Las Vegas, it’s been pretty rough honestly financially, which resulted in not only this eviction but also my license plates are suspended due to lapse of insurance along w the fact that I can’t even pay my insurance anymore my hours literally went from 75 a month to anywhere from 5-12 hours for the month. It’s a struggle honestly.
So I guess I’m camping out at the gym tonight The last two nights I’ve gotten maybe 3 or 4 hours of sleep in an Albertsons parking lot. Last night I felt pretty lucky and found a really secluded park where I could BBQ for myself and my dog, so I figured I’d actually get some decent sleep. Nope. Around 3 AM I went to sleep which isn’t bad I can wake up at 9 and be good , but a few hours later I woke up to a marshal knocking on my window. Ig Someone had called about a person sleeping in their car. The park never technically closed or else the entrance would have gates that close and the bathrooms weren’t closed all night either,Regardless he was cool about it and basically told me to leave for my own good. Couldn’t have agreed faster . So I hit the road around 7 AM trying to get to the gym for a shower. Then of course my tire blows out. Context:
I drive an ’01 Cadillac DeVille that I bought off Facebook Marketplace back in 2024 for $1,900. It came with 22-inch chrome wheels. I’ve always absolutely hated these rims to begin with tbh I would’ve never put that crap on a car ever and everytime they tend to start growing on me due to the compliments of others something terrible happens lol , but aside from my disdain for the rims overall stupidity, I never had the money to swap them out for something more practical. Now every time one of these tires goes, I’m looking at r $180 bucks because apparently nobody seems to have the damn things used. Because no one wants those dumb shits
So now I’m basically stranded at the gym. Lol lit Obviously isn’t the worst place to be stranded. I love working out, and if I didn’t have my dog with me, I’d probably stay inside all day. I can shower, work out, cool off, use the bathroom, fill up my water and have somewhere to be for a few hours. But I’ve got a 13 month old Shih Tzu with me, so I can’t exactly leave him sitting in the car while I disappear into the gym all day. That’s probably been the biggest challenge with all of this. The car is actually pretty comfortable to sleep in, but keeping your entire life organized inside a sedan while also taking care of a dog gets chaotic pretty rapidly Then add 100+ degree Southwest heat and having to run the AC so the dog doesn’t cook, which means burning through gas I really can’t afford to burn through. So right now I’m just making it work however I can.its very different to say the least