Only about four staff work at Purgatory Shelter. I've seen one of them, had brief conversations with two, and the fourth is my caseworker, who keeps pretty busy himself. They work at a few other places around town, so they aren't exactly here eight hours a day.
On my first day, I was informed pretty quickly that I might not get a meeting with a caseworker the day after checking in, as the paper I'd been assigned directed. Purgatory Shelter was really built for beds, showers, and a dining area. It's a very nice shelter. I don't know from shelters, but I can tell it's really good. There's no internet access and it's far from the center of town though.
I could either wait for the possibility of an interview with a caseworker or I could hoof it to the library. It was two bus rides to the library and another two back. That was either four rides at $1 each or one $3 all-day bus pass. With only $15 in my pocket, I opted to hoof it to the library, time the walk, and get as much done as I could before I had to get back in time for dinner.
I forgot that this area was known for its cloudy skies. My first five days here were all sunny and pleasant. Personally, I prefer overcast weather. “Duck weather,” they used to call it on the boat. It was a hot and sunny ninety minutes on foot to the library. I stayed for about three hours, put in applications, and packed up my computer for the hike back. I got to explore the town a little bit, but I'll go on about that later.
When I got back, my computer had been sleeping but not off. It had sat, sealed in my backpack as I sweated through the heat and sun for ninety minutes. The damage was so bad I'm typing this on Word Pad in safe mode. I'm pretty sure the problem is physical, but I can't complete virus scans with Malware Bytes, Windows Defender, or Microsoft Security Essentials, so I can't say. The computer even tried an automated disk scanning thing during startup that froze up just like the rest.
I'm lucky to have a computer at all right now.
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