Hmm, I just realized that I forgot to blog about my homeless experience, so I'll just post my thoughts right now.
Nov.2: Day 1
It's still normal, so I had a snuggly, warm time in my own bed, unsuspecting this homeless project.
Nov. 3: Day 2
So I turned off the heat, got a little mat to lay down on the floor of my bedroom.This actually reminded me a lot of camping. We didn't have heat, but we had sleeping bags, so it was almost exactly the same! I've experienced this before, so I was still fine. My back was a little sore this morning, and I was a little cold, but other than that, it was fine! The only awkward thing was sleeping in my day time clothes. It felt so weird, and uncomfortable. I keep getting this sense that I should change into pajamas or something, and it was just so bulking and uncomfortable with blankets. I'm thinking clothes are more important to homeless people, because even if they might be uncomfortable, they actually provide a lot of warmth, with or without the blanket. It's a lot colder outside, sleeping in a house without the heat is nothing compared to sleeping outside. You have to face the weather when sleeping outside, and also, there aren't any walls to block the wind. I'm starting to understand how it would feel to be homeless, and I'm feeling really sorry for them.
Nov. 4- Day 3
Sleeping with clothes AND a blanket was even more uncomfortable. It was so bulky on that mat, you just felt like shedding all those layers, and crawling back into that warm, soft bed. With the homeless, both clothes and blankets are important, and that it's all that they have to keep warm. It is a lot more colder outside, and that's all they have to shelter themselves. They don't even have a warm, soft bed to run to. They have nothing, and being uncomfortable would feel like nothing, next to feeling of loneliness and starvation. I'm feeling grateful that I have a house to provide shelter, and a nice bed to sleep in at night. I'm lucky to have parents that support me, and to provide me with education. I can already imagine the pain the homeless must have to go through every day, the worry of finding a place to stay every night.
Your half-homeless blogger,
Dapple Grey
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