One of the residents yells, "Is she going to be sleeping here? What bed is she getting?" She is talking about me. The staff responds by saying, "Don't worry about it. Mind your own business," and show me to the bed right beside hers. Now I am worried. I hope that I do not have to stay here for very long as I start to get ready for bed.

The bed is hard with a plastic covering over the mattress. While I'm getting ready for bed the girl beside me probes me for information. "Why are you here? What's your name?" Before I can answer her she starts to tell me the rules as she sees them. "Don't put your clothes near mine. Don't touch my bed. Don't touch my stuff." I just go about my business of getting ready for bed.

The other girls are down getting ready for bed as well I am finally in bed and trying to relax. A lot of the girls are still getting ready for bed when I hear one of the staff come into the room and say, "Lights have to go out." Then everything is quiet for a few minutes and someone starts to talk to themselves and someone else is yelling, "Shut up," and another gets into it. "You shut up." I feel myself getting more and more tense. I have the blanket right up over my head I'm so scared. I don't want to move, to rock the boat.

One of the staff comes down and snaps, "Be quiet and go to sleep." Everything is quiet for a few minutes and then I can hear two of the girls talking and I can smell an orange. Someone is snoring and I cannot get to sleep. I am very tired but I am scared so I cannot sleep. I can hear something but I cannot make out what the sound is. Could it be mice or rats or bats I'm hearing? Calm down, go to sleep, relax. I have to put my mind at ease or I won't get any sleep.