Been living in a shelter the past few days. It's the best one in TO for women...

Not enough food, no preparation for people with allergies. (I was asked what I was allergic to when I got there, then the next day the snack was strawberry jello and nothing else. I'm allergic to strawberries. I've pretty much been eating toast and butter for 5 days, except when I go to another shelter for lunch.)

People don't do their chores so the place gets really messy. The house laundry wasn't done for several days in a row so I had to use a sheet for a towel, and I had no pillow. (Probably just as well I didn't get a pillow though, I don't want to get lice.) One woman has the radio on all the time, playing rap, she falls asleep to it. I can't sleep with music on, I'll go very, very close to actually sleeping but not actually sleep. And we had to be up by 7 and out by 9:30. I was pleased that nothing tried to eat me during the night, though.

I made a couple of friends, which is cool. Some people are really messed up, but others, like me, just don't really connect to the job thing for whatever reason.

I started my period so asked if I could stay with my friend's parents over Thanksgiving. Thank god they said yes.

I need sleep.