(This has been edited and most names have been changed.)
June 8th,
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I had searing pain in my genitals.
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I left town that morning. [I stayed in another town from the 8th to the 15th. When I was moving, at a metro station, I was lost. I could not find my bus, and no employee seemed to know about it. I did not have cell service without internet. I used an EXO employee’s phone to call and get directions. Eventually I got through, but it took pretty much all day to move. This next location I had not carefully checked and I had booked a shared room. Usually I tried very hard to room only with other women. In this case, there was a young man sleeping in the bed behind a curtain next to my couch. When I met Cyrus, he had this delighted dazed look and he kept staring at me. He got a lot more sober when I put up a tent, and backed off. -3/7/20]
June 9th, I was working on my Basis of Claim at the BAnQ library. I couldn't access the folder in my email where I keep evidence and things. This is the first trip to the Montreal library. There was a fortune cookie left by my screen, "Many receive advice, few profit from it." It said my Login Privilege is disabled for 1 session, and another time that my card number was wrong. This perplexed tech support.
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My privates were still very sore.
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I had an appointment with Aurora. Aurora says I can delay sending in a complete Basis of Claim (BOC), which goes against what I read in several places. [She had told me this at another time as well, and Zoe, another lawyer, had also told me this. I asked the attendant at Guy-Favreau, the government office, who at first hadn't heard of it, but after he talked to his colleague on the phone, he said that was their policy.]
Source: https://irb.gc.ca/en/refugee-claims/Pages/ClaDemGuide.aspx
June 10th, I worked on my Basis of Claim. At 1 pm, I had an appointment with Zoe. [Zoe told me she would be cheaper than other lawyers. When I took the battery out of my phone, her eyes widened, and she picked up her phone. It looked like she was afraid our conversation would not be eavesdropped on if my phone was off, but hers was another option. She told me a journal isn't good evidence, but I strongly suggested such a thing could be used in court, and later she backtracked. When I told her about the holes that kept appearing in my wall, she asked if I took pictures. She played devil's advocate a lot. She said my evidence had to be objective, like screenshots. I needed proof of things I said like where I lived or worked. She told me a few times one thing that would really help my case is to get psychologically evaluated to rule out any delusional disorders. -3/23/21][She also said I didn't have to fill out the whole BOC form. -4/13/21] I learned BAnQ is closed on Mondays. [A boy came and tried to open the door. He told me that he had come there and the library had been open on Mondays, but the guard said it was normal that it was not. I believe this was to make me paranoid that the library had been closed just to stop me. -3/7/20]
June 11th, I was told that the shower was available, and I could go first. I believe Cyrus (the man in my room) was waiting for one, and I told him he could take it. As I am washing dishes, I see him standing at the bottom of the stairs waiting. Apparently when I gave the spot to him, someone else snagged the shower... A woman asked for directions to the metro and I showed her the bus, but it was 8 minutes late.
June 13th, I worked on my BOC and rented a storage unit.
June 14th, [I worked on my BOC and filled out the form myself and submitted it in person. I remember seeing a headline after that about someone entering the big leagues. -4/13/21]