071904

 

Silver City, NM

Monday July 19, 2004

     7:55am  I woke up in the old abandoned house I crashed in. I don't know what the address is. There's all this trash inside. The foundation is all messed up and there is a big crack in the floor. We just woke up in the house and we are leaving for the day. Mike, Jesse and me. Let's see how Silver City is on a weekday.

                  The house is at State and Alaska.

     9:23am  I just got out of the shower at the mission. I appreciate Darrin and the rest of the crew here. Everybody gets credit. Lunch at noon.

     9:39am  I just noticed that my MuscleBlast is missing. I packed up all my stuff in the shower room at the mission. I wonder where it is. I might've left it at the house last night. I don't know where it is. Hmm, I think I left it when I stopped to rest on the highway, by that bridge that one time. I think I left it there.

     9:45am  I just figured out where my MuscleBlast is. It's in my other bag. My backpack.

     10:25am  Rosalio gave me a cigarette here in front of Gough Park. Everybody gets credit. I appreciate it.

     11:05am  I came to the Snappy Mart and just chilled out in the shade. I'm going to walk to the mission. They have lunch in an hour. Then I'm going to skip town. I'll maybe catch the bus to Lordsburg.

     11:15am  I walked down to the church. I saw a guy walking in front of me smoking. I asked him if he could spare a cigarette and he told me, "Oh no, they cost too much!"

     11:20am  I'm here at the rescue mission. The guy behind the counter asked me where I was from and I told him San Antonio. I started telling him about my mission. When I got to the part where I asked him if he was willing to listen he said, "Nah." I told him, "You can just wait to hear about it whenever the rest of the world does. Ignorance is bliss."

     12:28pm  I just ate a big ass lunch. Seconds and everything. I am full as hell. Now I'm going to walk to the CTS Cleaners and talk to this Jamie girl.

     12:54pm  I just switched out my tennis ball. I got one left after this one.

     1:00pm  I stopped at the public bus station, Corre Caminos. The bus going to Lordsburg leaves at four thirty. So I have until then to mess around.

     1:09pm  I came to CTS Cleaners. I have to talk to Jamie Welch. Let me rehearse what I'm going to tell her. I'll say, "Is Jamie Welch here? Your crazy mother in T or C told me to come talk to you."

     1:40pm  I came over to the CTS Cleaners and told Jamie my story. Not only did she listen to the whole thing, she gave me two cigarettes too. I appreciate it. She even told me to come back around six when she got off and she'd give me a place to crash for the night.

     3:12pm  I dozed off in the park. I didn't fall asleep though because there are so many flies. I got a little rest.

     3:37pm  I came into the public library. I'm going to check my email.

     4:41pm  I need to find a university here where I can stay on the computer all day.

     4:52pm  I walked up to the college out here. I'm going to go look for the library. I just needed to finish typing up a day, because I have a date at six. I have something to do at six.

     5:42pm  I am leaving the library here. I'm going to walk to CTS Cleaners and go meet Jamie. It's cool I found out where the library was. On the third floor up here at this school. I need to get caught up before I leave. That's what I'll do. Tomorrow.

                   It just dawned on me, I have six dollars. I need a camera.

     6:08pm  I came over to CTS Cleaners and Jamie is getting off work. We're going to go to her place.

     6:17pm  We stopped at Walmart so I could get me a camera.

     8:45pm  We had some great BBQ pork-chops. I'm hanging out at Jamie's cool house. We are going back into town now. She has to put in some laundry that she forgot earlier. Someone had dropped it off to be washed.

     9:05pm  Oh yeah, I realized that Jamie works at a cleaners. I need some stitch-work done to my Endeavor universal socket tool that I carry on my belt. The pouch that holds it is about to rip. I've been worrying about that for a long time now. Jamie hooked me up and fixed it for me. Perfect.

     9:32pm  I am hanging out with Mando in front of the TV. He smoked me out. I'm all stoned. The universe provides.

     9:38pm  Not only did Jamie fix my tool pouch from dying, see I was all bummed out because the hemp necklace I got at Marley Fest in San Antonio died a couple days ago, but Jamie just brought out this beautiful rainbow-colored hemp necklace.

 

                   I just got the most awesome replacement. It's so perfect. took a picture of it so I can show you. I don't even have to describe it.

                   She told me, "I was wondering who I was going to give it to, but now I know."

     9:49pm  Man, this necklace is so awesome! I was meant to come here! She even fixed my tool for me. Aww man, what great blessings I am receiving tonight. Thank you, Love. It's going to happen soon. It's going to happen soon!

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