Motel 6…

We’re now at Motel 6, and this is the hardest room to sleep in so far. That’s because we’re on the second floor where I can feel everybody’s footsteps as they pass through the walkway that wraps around this corner room. We should’ve stuck to ground floors. That way we could still hear people’s attention-getting antics what with how aggressively they have to stomp and slam shit around, but we couldn’t feel it. The whole place vibrates when people go by. If I get woke up too much we’ll transfer to a ground floor.

The internet connection’s not much more reliable or faster here, so I can’t do much sweeping now. That’s ok cuz we’re not in a position to be dealing with prizes right now. We have too many other more important things to worry about, so if it’s not a check for a million bucks, we don’t need the hassle. As it is, I just learned that I won a $275 beauty basket which appears to be a bunch of Suave skincare products. Suave usually sucks, especially their shampoo, but it will still be interesting to see what they send. I have to fill out an affy I received by email, then print and fax it. Tom’s going to take this laptop, probably to the UPS store, and get it done there. They called too, and got me all psyched up for nothing. Usually, they call for prizes worth thousands, not hundreds.

Anyway, this room has two beds and pets stay free. He woke me up last night as he bumped into the dresser and it took me forever to fall back asleep. And I had just prayed for decent sleep during our homeless time, too. Funny how I always get the opposite of what I ask for. I don’t mind not getting the apartment I asked for, but perhaps I should start asking for chaos and poverty and all kinds of other bullshit. Maybe the only way whatever’s up there will listen to me is if I ask for what I don’t want.

There’s no refrigerator or microwave in here and the room is small, but there’s only one drape that stretches across the entire window so I don’t have to fight with getting the gap in the middle to close tightly. The colors are brighter in here, too.

People are storming by right now. It’s like the NHA in here! Thanks, God, I really need this shit in my life. Anything to remind me how I’m not meant to live in peace, right? We’re coming up to primetime soon, so I’m sure it’ll be quite an earthquake around here for at least a few hours. Hopefully, everyone can stay put after 10:00, so I can try to catch up on my sleep. And hopefully, they won’t go jumping about too early either.

The last place we stayed at was surprisingly quiet over the weekend.

After we checked in here around noon, I rested to the shaking of footsteps while he did the laundry. Then we went to Denny’s. I was starving, so I ate every bite of my steak and eggs and most of my fries.