livin' it up at the hotel fort garry

i have been homeless since sunday officially, but been in a hotel since thursday. i am also carless!! all of my possessions are sprawled around me in a few suitcases, while the rest of my belongings are in storage until i find a house in atlanta. i'm sure i could have survived with less stuff, but it's weird how you get attached to your stuff. i can now relate to homeless people wheeling around shopping carts with all their stuff. even the homeless are comforted by having their stuff! s has recently taken to wheeling around her stuff in her doll's stroller. she jams in as much as she can, then marches down the hall to the elevator. i continually strive to have less stuff, as i believe too much stuff ways you down, but certain things i can't let go of. cause i might need them one day. my parents are at opposite extremes of this spectrum. my mom has almost no stuff, while my dad has a lot of stuff....with a garage 3 times bigger than his house to keep it all! my 2 vw beetles live just outside my dad's garage....in the compound:) i'm somewhere in the middle of my parents, although my house did look like an episode of hoarders for a period of time during the summer/fall. i'm just hoping for big closets!

anyways, i have 3 more sleeps in wpg, then i'm off to atl. i am excited, as it signifies the end of the wpg to do list that has been causing a lot of stress....even though i will be facing a long atl to do list including getting a visa, social security number, a car and a house. oh, and i need to find some friends.....i desperately wish all my friends and fam were coming with me!!! i have been practicing talking to strangers to get some practice in making friends. i almost always talk to moms i don't know when the opportunity arises....."how old is your daugher" or "what's his name?" or "i love your stroller!" sometimes a conversation follows and sometimes i get a one word response, which is my signal to talk to move on!

gotta run, my sleeping beauty is calling!