07-01

i have to admit that i thought i'd have found a place to stay by now. also a little disappointed that i got turned down by someone who then reposted his ad looking for more applicants. even more disappointed that i seem to have missed out on a great opportunity on an ad that was up for maybe 24 hours posted by someone who expressed genuine regret that the room was no longer available as she also helped feed the homeless. oh well. it just wasn't meant to be.

i'm still in consideration for a couple of other places, one less than a block from my old home on roosevelt, the other on the west side of pasadena. i'm also considering places in arcadia since i'd be closer to a lot of SGV based chess classes - not that i should expect them to re-start anytime soon.  would be closer to fedex - which i'm beginning to think might be longer term in terms of my own financial needs - but i'm seasonal.

i do want to use the time being outdoors a little more productively this time around, writing instead of reading to keep me occupied. we'll see how that pans out.

trying to be surreptitious about assembling a few PB sandwiches while at the park, but then i should i care if people see this and make the proper deduction about my living status?  i'll probably pick up more fresh fruit to keep in the car as an alternative to fast food; i find myself tempted to get a couple of mc chicken's and a couple of mc doubles for $6  tax. i decide to try a tin of chili eel i bought on sale a few weeks ago for a situation like this: wanting a alternative protein source for my sandiwiches. the current circumstances aren't conducive to assembling a meal; the lawn maintenance people are out in force, running their gas powered blowers contributing both sounds and airborne dust. then there's a kid at the table howling up a storm because he was forced to get off the top of a picnic table.  i saw this family here fairly often for lunch here back in may. i don't know if this constitutes a daily outing or they're in a situation similar to mine.  does it really matter? now a truck is passing by within five feet, the driver emptying all the trash cans between the tables and the tennis courts.

the day started off cool and overcast, but it's warmed up a bit as the sun has come out. i'd be perfectly happy if this was the hottest it got all month. i really don't want to be out here come august, but on the flip side i'll able to pay down my credit cards a lot faster.  there's a room listed for rent for only $575 rent, but it's furnished (as in would have to keep a lot of my stuff in storage) and it's definitely short term. but if i'm still looking at being in the car in august i'll defintely consider it at that point.

a lot of rooms are being listed furnished and at really low monthly rents. i'm suspicious but it occurs to me that some of these ads could be first time landlords who've been impacted financially by the quarantine. maybe i should be less cynical and make contact.

for some reason a phrase my dad used in the context of impending punishment literally translated as "eel cooked with rice"  comes to mind. probably because the dad of the family at the next time is admonishing his kids for the same things as previous days: stay out of the water, go find your missing bike/ball/skateboard/whatever.

as much as i enjoy my teaching and tutoring, i can't imagine being the father of four young kids 24/7.

saturday is the 4th. i imagine we get the day off. i could also take off sunday - which i'd do if i found a place and needed to move.

i ended up napping at the park until almost 5. went over to ranch 99 & mitsuwa for sushi and had just parked at arcadia park ready to eat when i got a text from derek asking if i was available to tutor his son, which i ended up doing for 3 hours tonight. including the two hours i tutored at huntington,  i made more $ today on my day off than any day working at fedex!  and it was fun tutoring josh. i think i want to find a way to keep tutoring going forward.