Rock Bottoms: Short and Sweet

" After arriving on an ill-planned vacation with basically no money I sustained myself on leftover room service trays that littered the hall of my hotel... for 3 days."

"I was so poor for a stretch of time that I couldn't afford basics let alone new potting soil for my rapidly withering plants, which by all rights, were my only decent possession. I started stealing soil from my landlord's potted plants in the hallway cup by cup at a time to fortify my own plants. This plan worked great until she caught me in the act and told me she "suspected it was me doing it." I was literally dirt poor when I hit rock bottom."