Now in July 2017 on the 3rd when my dad got his disability for the month we were finally able to move into a hotel.
The same hotel that we had been told about by the family services at the hospital and we were very grateful to them for providing us with a name of a hotel that had a good monthly rate for us.
Now the morning of the 3rd we did our shopping in walmart for some things not a lot cause we didn't know how big the fridge in the room was going to be so we got minimal and that was a mistake but I'll explain that later on.
So after shopping we went and waited to catch a bus to get over to the area with the hotel we were going to check into and well that didn't go as planned we told the bus driver where we were headed and he acted like we were idiots.
You see right at this point we weren't very knowledgeable of the bus route or which bus to transfer to so that was a bust and we ended up having to get a taxi to where we wanted to go which sucked but oh well now here's where the fun part of this story begins and I'm being very sarcastic when I say fun.
Now after we get to the hotel that I was assured when I called to set up the reservations with that we could check in early that was a lie at least with the person that was at the desk at the time she wasn't all that friendly and refused to let anyone check in until 3pm which sucked and when u have nearly no sleep and all you want to do is check in and relax its annoying.
So after not being able to find any other hotel in the area that did monthly at the rate this particular hotel does it at we went and sat in the lobby where we sat for awhile before we were told oh you know you can't check in yet but you can put your stuff in your room.
That's what we did and went and wondered the area some were went and ate lunch and found a few places that were kind of cool but we didn't go far because we didn't know the area at the time.
After our short adventure well some what short we went back to the hotel and my dad and brother stayed there while my mom and I went to a 7-11 we found to get drinks when we got back at 2:30 in the afternoon they finally let us check in and believe me we were all thanking God not just because we could check in but because we had made it on the streets and in and out of the hospital and the one occasional hotel when we could afford it.
Now that was day one the rest of the month was hard because we didn't do a full shopping trip we had to figure out how we were going to eat and survive because we didn't budget our funds right so we ran short on food and a few other things we needed and we couldn't make it to any place that did a food bank type thing.
So as we came closer to August we were very thankful for our hotel even though we had been moved from our original room to be put into a whole new area of the hotel because we were monthly I know crazy.
Now when the 3rd of August arrived I also had just gotteny food stamps card back and we knew that in August I would get enough for food and plus we would get it just two days before my b-day and 8 days before my brothers again God was looking out for us like he always does.
On the 3rd weeks tried keeping a tight budget which also included getting a new phone service so we all had our cell phones back which was needed because of my dads health and believe it or not we did somewhat better budget wise in August than we did in July.
Now as we were shopping in August we actually went to aldi which is a great store for people on a tight budget you can get just about everything you want and need from there and that was the second time we used the bus system but all this time was one bus only which was great.
We shipped got what we needed along with our new cell provider and we went home in a lyft not the bus we had so many groceries bus was out of the question now at this time God has granted us with another angel that would help us out when we didn't have the money for food she would have me run a couple of errands for her while she worked and she had me keep the change.
I was also trying to sell some stuff that we had found yet again when we first moved in so God found a way to make sure no matter what we were taken care of in anyway we needed to be now when it came time for food stamps we didn't have the money for any transportation so we carried the groceries home which yes sucked but we did it and we had more food which was very nice.
And my brother and I had great birthdays because God had kept four of us together we didn't care if there were presents all we cared about and will always care about is our family God gives us one family and no one should ever take that granted.
Now yes I know that I didn't give the whole two months but most of that would have bored you to tears and I'm not going to do that to anyone both months we did have some strain and yea it was hard but by Gods good graces we made it and with him we knew we could make it through anything.