Happy Friday everyone, one more work week down. For those lucky enough to have a job anyways. Things are getting tough all over for everyone. At least here is the USA, people are losing jobs and forced out of their homes. It is becoming so common that a group in Santa Barbara, CA. has been making fenced in parking lots for women that sleep in their cars.

Yes we now have middle class homelessness. People in the middle class have a good job, so they overextend on credit cards, that nice SUV, that big $800,000 house. Then this big mess comes along with a recession, and suddenly that job that seemed so safe is gone. After only a month or two of bills totaling $5,000 or more, suddenly they are kicked out of that house and onto the streets.

They try to keep working here and there, but it takes time to get back up. So in the meantime all they have is their car. So this group went to the city and made a deal where that now have 12 parking lots in the Santa Barbara area that are fenced in. Women that are homeless can drive into the lots at night where they have a guard and sleep safely in their car.

Wow, you know when that happens that something bad is going on! What gets me is that just a month or two ago they were throwing out $5,000 bucks per month on just their home and car payments. Heck I could live for a year on that if I wanted too! I’ve lived in campers, trailers and one room efficiencies, But so far I have not had to sleep in my van.

It’s just amazing how they were doing so well, spending all that money that, let’s face it, most should have not anyways, and now in just a month or two it’s all gone. But, it’s gone because they never had it in the first place. It’s all loans, paying too much on stuff they don’t own, the banks do. That’s not to say I don’t sympathize with them.

Sleeping in a car is no fun. Even when you go camping you have access to showers and all that, this is just an empty parking lot. I guess these big office buildings where these people work are now seeing a lot more people using the showers and bathroom amenities a lot more. It must be a crushing blow to their self esteem.

So if you’ve been struggling your far from being alone. This is now hitting people that never, ever thought they would even be doing bad, let alone homeless. Being out in the street is not that hard to find yourself. Only a few months, if that without a job can put you there.

So if you have a job you hate, at least you have one. If you have a lot of bills, you might want to start selling stuff to lower your risk. Me, I have nothing, I owe nothing. Well, nothing I’m paying on anyways! I’m pretty much right on the level ground, just inches from being in a big hole! But falling from the top of your three story house, damn that’s got to hurt.