Journal Entry #16

Plenty of visitors today, both friends and strangers. The time passes by so much faster talking to people. I'm starting to think a case could be made for interacting with others being almost a necessity of life. At the very least, I feel it is certainly a necessity of a healthy life.

Journal Entry #15

I can now safely say there are 3 ways in which people react to me. They either come talk to me and try to understand what I am doing, they ignore me, or the stare at me until I acknowledge them, and then ignore me. I think the last reaction hurts the most.

Journal Entry #14

I've decided I will definitely spend the night in my car tonight. It's somewhat frustrating, but I just don't have enough left to handle the weather conditions tonight. I'm doing what I have to do to make it through the night much like anyone would. Still.....if I had just a bit more protection from the wind and rain I would make do out here.

Journal Entry #13

All the struggles I've endured so far pale in comparison with what many people must go through on a daily basis. Looking at life from the perspective of not having much beyond the essentials, I appreciate the world around me a lot more. I also value what I do have much more. Even a measly tarp is a huge luxury for me right now.


Going forward in life there will be plenty of challenges for me to have to overcome, but if at the end of the day I have a warm bed to go to, I'm still much better off than I could be. I respect that.

Journal Entry #12

The wind has torn apart what little remained of the shelter from when it collapsed last night. The cardboard was just too damp from the night to hold. I don't have much left. Definitely going to have to figure out a plan for tonight, as I am without many supplies to work with. I am going to scope out campus for potential places to set up for the night and if that doesn't work, I may resort to sleeping in my car. Unfortunately I seem to have picked the two coldest, windiest, and wettest days  in April to do this project.

Journal Entry #11

Last night was rough. Late in the night, what little sleep I was getting, was interrupted when the shelter finally gave way. I knew it was struggling, but I hoped it would at least hold until morning. Thankfully, by the time it collapsed, the rain had stopped. I relocated the shelter to higher ground as well, so I'm out of the wet ground.

Journal Entry #10

I think the right hand wall may give way sometime tonight. I reinforced it as best I can. I’ll try and get some sleep now though in case it does collapse later. Thankfully, for the time being I am dry and, somewhat warm. It is going to be a long night though.