The Explosion

It was the middle of summer 2008 that I couldn't hold my emotions in any longer regarding sharing the apartment with the Pats. And because of my little hysteria, they chose to move out. All the while, Rambo decided he wanted to officially move back in with his family because he's been paying for the apartment in LA when he's spending half the time of the year in Las Vegas with his family. Robert and I was trying to look for another apartment as well but failed. Both of us didn't have good credit, or not enough money. Patricia had more than enough money for her own apartment with Patrick, and they got Dustin as a third roommate when they got a 2 bedroom apartment at the Grand, a complex located right by the Sherman Oaks Galleria. At the end, Robert was invited to live with them, sleep in their living room on their couch and I ended up homeless, living out of my car.

That year I was homeless for four months. It was mostly my pride that I didn't want to share an apartment with Patricia. But I didn't care. Robert and I ended up getting a storage unit for most of our stuff and Rambo's living room furniture that he left behind. He even offered it to us so we can have it when we get our own apartment. I utilized all that time to work as much as I can. All I did was hustle, hustle, hustle... But all I ended up doing was paying for my cell phone bill, my car loan payment, car insurance, and a very high storage bill. In the beginning, the bill was $250 equaling to $1000 for 4 months until I found an apartment with 3 other people.

I spent a couple nights at different friend's houses and apartments. I didn't want to over-stay at any one place. I would go from a friend's house in Beverly Hills, to Carson to Canoga Park, Woodland Hills, Tujunga and back and forth. I usually just sleep a night or two, use the time to take a shower, and heat up food and go to work early in the morning.

While I was homeless, I was also dealing with drama at work as well. I was working my inventory job and there was management issues and a big turnover. My boss partnered up with one of the crew managers of the company and there were several disputes in the early part of their business relationship. My boss's new business partner eventually stole more than half of his clients and employees. It was then when I received a raise, increased hours of work, people noticed I was sleeping in the business parking lot and gossip to the bosses, and the crew manager turned part business owner offered me a motel room for several nights. I was hesitant but reluctantly accepted the offer. When the business split was finalized, I was asked who to work for. The one who help me out with motel rooms, who has most of the clients/employees. Or the one who originally managed the company for more than 20 years and bought it from a family member. I decided to go with the original business owner because mostly of loyalty and integrity.