Well, I'm now living in a car owned by a homeless Vietnam vet who'd like literally adopted me as his daughter. He has a lot of health issues, and was told 18months ago he has 6months to live because of his aortic stenosis and low platelet count or something. He also has night terrors, but it's not too terrible. I just wake him when he screams in his sleep and tell him it's all okay. It's only happened twice since I've been with him, and before I was with him it was every night so I guess I have helped somehow lessen those bad dreams.
He's really a cool dude. He doesn't do dope (I did give him a TINY bit a while ago when he fell and hurt his leg bad, for the pain so he could sleep, but he doesn't do dope on the regular. Actually, he had only done dope once before I gave him that and it made him sick, so he didn't ever want to do it again, until he got hurt and I hard to convince him it'd help the pain, which it did.), years ago he had a bit of a run in with cocaine, but he only did it daily for about 6months and quit, and has no desire to fuck with it again. All he does is smoke weed. He's fun as shit to talk to, tell stories with, listen to stories he's got to tell (which he has A LOT of cool stories), and OMFG the people who have fucked me over, he's said "fuck them niggers! Want me to run them over? I'll probably be dead soon anyway, and you can just have my car, I'll sign the title over to you. " LMFAO. He was serious too. I told him no, they weren't worth it.
We got a room last night and today so we can shower, and rest up in a bed for a while. (We both have a bed, he's not interested in sex with me, thankfully.) Hell, too, sleeping in a car is so much better than on the ground or in an abandoned house. God, it's so much easier and less walking.
I'm doing so much better away from those leeching assholes who stole from me. I have way more money, and less bullshit. My friend I'm with now just gave me 150$ for dope today which was cool. I helped him get his service transferred to a new phone since his took a shit about 2 weeks ago. Saved him 60$ since he would have just got a new service card along with the new phone he bought.
Soon I'll have enough to get a room. Other shit will also be coming through soon too. Oh, and my friend has is social security and VA disability checks which definitely comes through to help me.
Yesterday we went out to this restaurant/diner I haven't been to since I was a kid. My dad and I used to go there at all hours of the night (open 24/7), sometimes at 2am to get chipped beef and gravy (also known as 'shit on a shingle') because they made the best. Oh, my God,all their food is soooooo good. I got an order of stuffed French toast and it was fucking awesome. I got it with blueberries. They had it with the blueberry syrup, and fresh, sweet, ripe blueberries on top the whipped cream, and the homemade pudding. It was fucking amazing. Their waffles were super good too. They had some super good batter. So crispy, sweet and tasty.
I will say, being out here, I do eat well. I get handed food from people all the time. I got Chinese food (chicken fried rice, lo mein, and egg rolls (although the egg rolls were no where near as good as the ones 1337 made). Some shit people literally just bought and decided to give it to me on the way home lol. It also got a hot ,whole cheesesteak sub someone just got and gave me, a long with an ice cold coke. One time, about a month ago, a dude gave me some fancy beers. I don't usually drink beer (1337 did turn me on to yingling though, but I rarely drink anyway), but they were... different, I guess. I took a few sips off one just to try it and gave the rest to this one dude who likes to drink.
I panhandle for a couple hours in the morning and make minimum 50$. I do it again in the afternoon and make between 35-60$. On the weekends I can fucking clear over 200$ in just the night. Same with game days too. Hell, I've had cops give me money too.
I won't be on the streets too long. This situation sucks, but I'll manage. My leg is getting stronger too.
Ive been getting my friend into panhandling too. Before he was scared because he grew up in this area, but now it's been overrun with yuppies. Anyone he knew is either dead, moved alway from being taxed out of their home or on the street too. Hes worked all his life, served in Vietnam (he lucked out and was stationed in the Mediterranean though). His stepfather best him terrible as a kid so he got a car and slept in it to avoid the abuse when he was a teen. Hes spent a lot of his life living out of a vehicle just because he didn't want to deal with bullshit from renting places or rooms. He also likes just up and going to visit friends he has in Ohio, or just... going somewhere, which I fucking love. I have enough dope, we just up and go. If I don't have enough money I've made, he just gets it for me so we can just go see cool shit.
Things have been a lot better now. It still isn't great, but... it is what it is. I still don't care if I live or die, but... I'm not actively trying to kill myself. I've got to know a lot of dope dealers too who will hook me up if I need it, and look out for me. Fucker who robbed me got the shit beat out of him by this one kid I do business with sometimes. I was shocked lol.
