05-10

happy mother's day. the first thing i did after i got off work was call mom. she's been diagnosed with parkinson's. this was the first time i experienced one of those phases.

she was worried about the car breaking down and how they were going to pay for it. i think that reflects how their money ran out and apparently they were denied medicaid. i have no idea of how things will turn out there.

before i got the job at fedex, someone suggested i take a leave of absence from feeding the homeless and go to milwaukee for a couple of weeks. perhaps i should have done so.

with the quarantine in place, fedex needs more people as e-commerce continues to expand as people are purchasing things on-line and staying home.

i made arangements to do lunch with a friend who also volunteers with the homeless on tuesdays. he knows my plight, even had a suggestion for temporary lodging.

i discovered that popeyes and burger do not accept EBT despite listings to the contrary. this shows how much extra difficulty other homeless are encountering.

it was cooler today. i napped for almost 4 hours and then waited until nightfall to come back to the patio to recharge, freshen up and change shirts.

no cigar tonight; for the last 3-4 days i've been smoking either on the patio or on the bridge as part of my daily routine. the cigar kinda says: i'm temporarily distressed, but i won't forego some of my routine from better cirumstances.

i picked up my stimulus check AND a residual check from big bang theory and deposited them. irony of ironies, i have more money now than in the last 4 years, and i can't find a place to stay.

everyone's just too afraid of contagion, and the few ads that are craigslist are mainly scams used to mine for phone numbers and email addresses. one poster is reposting their ad 3 times a day. i keep flagging them for violating the every other day limit, but craigslist hasn't stepped in.

work was surprisingly light today. if it's like this all the time, it'll be a breeze. i need to get direct deposit set up.