I do not know how the homeless survive here. I mean even this winter we saw at least 3 every time we were out and about. There are a lot of churches and several charity organizations that must take care of them, but man, I would be saving my spare change for a one way ticket to California and pick a beach to be homeless on if it ever came down to that.
Anyway, after making our way out of the bank, Olivia and I turned the corner by the fire hydrant to see a fire truck pull up with his lights next to the poor homeless man. I stopped, not to rubber neck, but to figure out how to make it around him and the oncoming police with his lights on.
While waiting for the commotion to die down I see (right out my passenger window not 10 feet from me) the firemen try to rouse the homeless man. No success. Then they lift him by his jacket and I see his arm stuck in the bent position under his head. I immediately realise this man is probably dead and stiff. And promptly make my way around the truck before I see anymore.
As I get past the fire truck I see the distressed phone call lady standing with her hand over her mouth, a look of shock and sadness on her face. I realize she must have made the call and is overcome by what she stumbled on.
Olivia and I run into Borders to pick up Jennifer Weiner's new book and Tess of the d'Ubervilles still distracted by my tragic encounter. I don't even stop to browse, but make my purchases quickly and we leave the store.
And who should we see on the edge of the Borders parking lot in the evergreens taking a leak?
The dead homeless chap was feeling better apparently.
I hurry Olivia into the car before she can see anything. Or so I thought. Because when I say, "We need to hurry and leave," she says:
"Is it because that man was peeing in the trees?"
Yes, my observant child. That and the fact that I once got chased by a homeless guy dragging a vacuum cleaner (I guess he likes his dumpsters neat) begging for change I did not have and he thought I was lying, is exactly why we are hurrying away.
This is what we bought today:
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Leave it to Olivia to point out the obvious. That story made for a good laugh to start my day. I was talking to Sarah on the phone yesterday and she was driving and said there was this lady with super short shorts and tiara walking down the road. She said "This is where I LIVE Courtney!"
Wow, good times. Olivia cracks me up!
P.S. I'm so glad I got to hear her use the "v" word myself while we were in Lovell.
House #2 has slightly bigger dining quarters. It does have a bigger living room, but it's kind of awkward for placing furniture in it, your furniture would probably block the walking space from the front door to the kitchen. No basement. All 4 bedrooms are on the 2nd floor, so is the laundry room. Plus the whole crappy kitchen & no ac thing, it's not even plumbed for AC!!! If we were to make an offer on it, we'd definitely ask for that to be fixed. We just don't know what to do!
Nicole- I promise that I am not your stalker. Although your blog is adorable and I believe I have visited before. Are you on the mormon mommy blog directory?
Peaches: There is a company from california that comes up every summer with gorgeous fruit. You can buy a case of peaches (about 30 lbs) for $40. They are called Tree Things. You can find them at treethings.net. They have two more trips up here that they will be doing in August. They sell all kinds of fruit and it is always really good.
Thanks for visiting me and I hope that helps!
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