Homeless - 26

Hi ya'll,


Well, last night didn't go quite as planned. I arrived at the workout facility a little after 9 PM and there were several people there. I went ahead and worked myself in and finished up with a good workout around 11 PM. At that time, there was only one guy working out and another one on a laptop sitting on one of the two long benches. It seems that that particular location has a spot where one can utilize a wireless connection and access the Net for free. At any rate, during those two hours, I was subjected, via the two TVs present, to the cognitive stimulating and morally fortifying broadcasts of the WWF in all its' glory and splendor. And people wonder what's wrong with the youth of today. And to think that those EM signals are speeding away from our planet at light speed and will eventually be intercepted by an intelligence. Anyway, after working out, I loitered at the adjacent pool for about an hour, enjoying drinks of cool water and a couple of hits of tobacco and still sweating in the always enjoyable warm mugginess. Since I was wide awake and rev'd up, I drove around the neighborhood for about 30 minutes checking out other spots. I stopped at another 7-11, got some ice water and sat in an adjacent parking lot and did a crossword for about an hour. I did come across several strong possibilities for future camping spots but the current heat conditions renders them undoable at this time...and I burned 11K worth of fuel. During that time, I also prepared and consumed desert. Take three crackers and 1 packet of jelly, either strawberry or grape that can be obtained at a fast food place that goes with their breakfast menu, and apply a portion to a cracker and eat. Usually, 1 packet of jelly has enough material to apply to 3 crackers...and this constitutes 1 serving. You may have 2 or 3 servings only on one night during the weekend.


It was about 2 AM so I returned to the workout facility (the other place had activity going on, too) to discover a couple of people on the Stair Masters and several playing volleyball in the pool! At 2 AM on a Monday night!! Jeeez!! What is it about Monday nights? I retired to the park across the street, still sweating, and waited until they left. I was nervous about that; a single guy sitting alone in a dark deserted park in the middle of the night - I read stories about that and I'm talking about in the papers and police reports. Everybody left shortly and I sneaked in and got a couple of hours of sleep, snuck back out to the hot tub at another complex close by, swam a few laps and 'did' a small load of laundry. Until this oppressive heat set in, I could skip a day on the bathing thingy and still be good but not these days. In the morning, I feel grimy, gritty, sweaty and just generally yucky and the early morning body cleansing is a daily must, if not for anything else, for my mental attitude. I was able to get a couple more hours of sleep at another location.


Which reminds me; after you read this, go to your fridge and get three large scoops of rocky road, a chocolate/vanilla mix or Neapolitan ice cream and think of me while you slowly and sensuously consume that sweet, velvety coolness that slides so enjoyably to your tummy, caressing your esophagus lovingly while en route to its destination. And rinse down with a Dr. Pepper that has plenty of ice. Maybe some of your sensations will propagate across the space/time fabric and impede upon my awareness.


I spent today at the quiet pool lying in the shade with occasional dips in the cool water. With an occasional breeze going, it ain't bad. It's only when you expose your hide to that punishing 9 minute old solar radiation that it sears the flesh and starts people whimpering. I've been here since before lunch and will leave sometime after 7 PM to a fast food place, get something cheap and eat slowly, not necessarily savoring the fine cuisine but relishing in the cool climate controlled environment.


I spent $1 on a Mega Million lotto ticket for tonight's drawing of $122 million bucks. I know, I know...that $1 is the equivalent of one good meal (ethnic roll with deli meat) or two so-so meals (2 ethnic rolls with really cheap deli meat) or 4 borderline meals (4 ethnic rolls with 8 packets of mayo = 4 mayo sandwiches - basically, just stomach filler). By the way, an ethnic roll isn't the size of a dinner roll. Those puppies are large; one is about the size of half a sub...ehhhh, a sub sandwich from a deli, that is...

Anyway, about the lotto ticket, what the hell...sometimes just pick up the dice and roll 'em...

Stay cool,

David

P.S.

I had finished writing the above material around 5 PM and was relaxing in an empty pool with the small water fall lulling me into an even more relaxed state when a couple came down to the pool. After a few minutes, I was invited to help them drink their beer before it got too warm...to which I accepted; can't have beer going bad. As it turns out, the guy is graduate of a law school in OK and is originally from Dallas and in the lawn care industry. His wife is also in the same profession and is in the patent aspect of the legal industry. At least she is applying her education. The woman who was with him just graduated a couple of months ago from the same law school and moved to the Dallas area this weekend. Anyway, I spent a couple of enjoyable hours talking with them and drank a few of their beers. His wife dropped by after she got off work and seemed agreeable also. All had a sense of humor that I appreciated.

Like I said, sometimes I get lucky meeting the nicest people.