050903

 

Midland, TX

Friday May 9, 2003

     5:45am  Woke up, shit, shower.

     6:00am  Gathered supplies.

     7:52am  Talked to some guy at First Presbyterian church.

     8:10am  David gave me two cigarettes in front of the Von Building.

     9:06am  Talked to Doni Murray at coffee shop.

     9:17am  Came to the library. Have to wait until nine thirty. Going to go buy some cigarettes somewhere.

     9:35am  Walked all the way over to the Conoco way on the other side of the railroad tracks. I bought two packs of cigarettes. They were on special. And I told the lady working my story.

     9:40am  As I was walking back to the library, close to the railroad tracks I saw some guy with tattoos all over his arms reading a book in front of this building. I told him what I was doing and this guy said he thought just like me. He even said I could crash there tonight. His name is Tumbleweed Tim.

     12:15pm  Walked back to First Presbyterian church. Going to hit them up for bus fare.

     12:32pm  Went to library and checked my email.

     4:10pm  I got hooked up fat at El Burrito Restaurant. Juliana, Elsa and Susanne.

     4:20pm  Talked to Brad Elder at the church.

     4:55pm  They told me to go to some mission and ask them. I walked out to this mission and was happy to see the girl I talked to being young. I told her my mission objectives and she promptly got me a bus voucher. All the way to San Francisco!!! Good 'ol Sylvia.

     5:58pm  I went to the Subway and scored some food there.

     6:54pm  Walking to Tim's. Shit, I need to go to the Greyhound.

     8:30pm  Tim and I went to go pick up Marian, his girl.

     11:42pm  I was able to fix my wrist weights at Tim's with a stapler.

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