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homeless day 42
(I'm feeling hopeful)
it's day 42, and I'm almost ready to leave for NC. Tomorrow I get all my Rx refills, and Thursday I get my cast taken off.
I was not able to get online for a few days due to the car breaking down on me. It needed a new radiator. The parts and labor unfortunately wiped out all my get out of town money, but I do have a western union coming that should get me as far as between Reno and Salt Lake City.
Due to the car problems I was also not able to pick up my teeth yet either. that may have to wait till I actually leave town.
During my time at the deli next to the car repair, I got to meet numerous people who, just to look at them, you'd never figure they were homeless, and met several who's homelessness you could either see or smell. It amazed me to find that a good number of them sleep in the bushes a couple of blocks up behind the deli and no one says jack about it unless they get rowdy.
But the fact that some of these people, are homeless but don't look it is the amazing part. One guy is 44 yrs old, has kids, he just had a bad run of luck with jobs up here, just like I did.
The homeless are all among us, we just don't always see who they are. It could be a co-worker, and you'd never know it. The son of the deli owner, who works at the deli is homeless with his girlfriend. she works too. Not a full time job, but she's looking for one. Girls here don't have a whole lot of trouble finding work here, it's guys my age that there are no jobs for.
The homeless are a shadow to our government. Oh the know they're out there, but they claim it's hard to get them to come forward to be counted or receive hlep. Well, perhaps if there were any help to be offered, they'd come out of the shadows.
This may be my last report for a couple of days, depending on how getting out of town goes. I hope to be on the road by Thursday night.
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