Worst feeling, worst time of year, I cant handle it.

Hello Reddit,

I do not post often, But when I do, Its something important to me.

I live in a room that I rent from a guy who owns the house. I pay a rent of only 300$ that includes utilities and internet. I work at the community college that will only give me a maximum of 30 hours a week. I try to find more work and Ive had 5 interviews for IT, but they went bust when they found out I did not have work experience. I am barely scraping by right now. I do not have anyone who I can lean on if I have financial issues. This is where I tell you what happened to me over the holiday weekend.

I had my rent money on my desk in my room, ready to pay my living expenses. I had been invited to my roommates "Secret Santa" party on Saturday night. I accepted and got to know a lot of his family. I became friends with his nephew who also had a love for Starcraft. So I invited him to see my gaming rig and let him play a match so I could coach him on it. I left my room half way through the match so I could use the restroom. Little did I know he was not one to be trusted. I came back into my room and he had lost the match and went downstairs back to the party. My room was dark and did not check to see if my rent money was still on my desk. The night ended and everyone went home. I went to bed as I was tired of working all day. When I woke up my rent was gone. On christmas day, I lost my ability to pay for my month of living.

I informed my roommate about the situation and what I think happened to the money. He would not believe me and decided I was trying to blame his nephew for my careless money handling skills. In the end I was informed I had to move out. On Monday I was out of the house and homeless. All of this happening on Christmas, I have no family to turn to, they all live 800 miles away and cant help me out right now due to their bad economic situation. Im writing this now from my friends house. I wanted to tell you all that even though greed can get the best of you please think about what you are doing. Somethings can change someone elses life forever. I feel like I am a wholesome hearted person who loves this world and all it has to offer, now I know how it feels to have the world crash down on you. I hope you all had a better holiday than I have.

TL;DR - Had to pay rent, roommates nephew stole the money from me on christmas eve. Now I am homeless and the world is much smaller it seems.