Ok, let me start from this morning.
Wake up, BK, Home Depot by 9AM. This routine you know.
10:30AM, jewish woman asks for my cell # and she tells that she'll call me back (implying of course to work).
11AM she comes back to my spot and we discuss work (not pay rate, i had a feeling not to push). She and her husband owns a limo service to the airport, and she is also a photographer.
My job: distribute very nice (and apparently expensive) fliers into mailboxes in a very exclusive and wealthy neighborhood (gated community). Ok, no problem.
For the first couple of hours the security people drive by and don't bother me, until they see me open a mailbox.
Boom!
"You can't open mailboxes, it's against the law. It's federal property, also by law it requires postage." and so on and on he went. I understood, the guy has a job to do and he is not kicking me out, just telling me i can't open mailboxes.
Of course i try to sweet talk him. "I'm a homeless dude. I'm not here to steal mail, just wanna make an honest day's work here." hoping he would sorta look the other way, you know "out of sight, out of mind" like they say.
Nope. So i had to compromise with placing both fliers on the side of the mailbox which was still visible to anyone picking up their mail.
In other words, cool beans.
I finish at 4:30PM, get paid. Then she tells me on the phone (her husband had picked me up and i'm in their SUV) that she wants to help me out, offering me an apartment and i'm like "i'm ok right now" but didn't say no. Then after me and her agree on $8 per hour (since she mentioned she wanted to hire me on a regular basis) i get paid by the husband. Now it's not over guys. He then offers me a brand new scooter! and even offers me to help me get my driver license back!
Can you imagine? i just worked for these nice people one day, ONE DAY!
They want to dress me up and place me in the airport to help their limo driver after all the fliers are distributed (i'm doing more of that tomorrow starting at 8:45AM).
Tomorrow i'm going to tell them that i want to earn their trust first, and then if they want to offer me an apartment and the scooter i would be glad to accept them.
God oh mighty! all the thanks i give daily to the man must have gotten me on his good graces, thank you lord!
Oh yeah, talked to my friend Van last night. She seems to be a happy gal these days with a new guy in her life, and i'm glad that she is.
I don't know but... for a while when i see a couple in love, or showing affection, a kiss, a hug, holding hands, it just brings a smile to my face. I'm happy for them, for strangers! yet at the same time i'm a little bit jealous that i don't have that.
Oh well. All in time i guess.
As the subject states, lawyers didn't reply to my emails. That is frustrating. But right now i may end up with a steady job. If i can work with the couple and make decent money i will walk into the nearest divorce lawyers office with a few hundred bucks and just say "get me a divorce".
So many things happened today. And most of them good. Now i'm at the library, checking more of "her" emails, and i'm not stressed at all.
All you guys who give me moral support, thanks. I mean it, it means a great deal to me, and it has helped me keep going for a long time. It has made me stronger, and hopefully a better man.
Ok before i get too mushy, i need to recharge my cell. Later guys!
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Luis, I am glad to hear your turn of events! All the best in wherever this upturn leads you and your ultimate goal. Still rooting for you.
-Evan aka Acheron of The Dark Hunters
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