As you all might now rather you are a college basketball fan or not, there has been a lot of talk regarding the Kentucky Wildcats. You all might not know that they are the most winningest college basketball program in the nation and the 2nd most winningest programs for National Championship. Kentucky is synomous with Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant or like the Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, and Boston Celtics around the world. That news or earth quake you might have felt is all the Kentucky fans felt running to the press conference or the school itself, or to the nearest tv set or radio to either catch a glimpse of or hear the new King "John Calipari" speak. Now this would had made a very kewl or cruel April Fools Day Joke though. But it wasn't. Let me be one of the many that welcomes John Calipari to UK. Camelot is waiting "Little Ricky". I'm very exciting about this hire. Not only is he a big time coach but he can recruit. Just look at the class he put together at Memphis that is about to fall apart. Not to mention his previous classes at Memphis. This is what UK needs and I believe John Calipari is going to bring UK back to the days of Rick Pitino. Which of course is an interesting comparison in its self!
So, Coach Calipari you want a measuring stick? Just go back to Rick Pitino's era here at UK. That's your foundation that you need to use to guide your progress. Don't worry about keeping track or anything because there will be 24,000 people letting you know how you doing. You just have to go beyond Rick Pitino's era to be pleased by the 24,000 fans here at UK. But I know it won't be a problem for you at all. If you can translate what you did at Memphis here in Kentucky, you are made for life.
So, what am I looking for with Coach Calipari here at UK? The following things:
1) Strength of Schedule (SOS) - One of the things I thought that have gotten away from UK in the past years is their schedule. I remember in the past that UK's SOS being in the top 5 yearly by playing the likes of UNC, Indiana, Duke, and etc. Now a days, we play a lot of cupcake city teams. I would like to see our SOS back up in the Top 5 on a yearly basis. Fans will forgive you every now and then when we lose to UNC and etc but will not forgive you if you lose to teams like Gardner-Webb and San Deigo State. But that won't be a problem because he will basically win everything.
2)UL - if by any chance you can't win a game and want to salvage the season just win this game and you basically be fine for the season. But on a more serious note, I would like to see this game get back to the way it was back in the 80's where the game is really consider to be a dream game. Remember those years when UK/UL would meet in the tournament? Those games were very competitive.
3)Clean Program - keep the program clean. UK can't go through another probation period. But I think Calipari will keep it clean!
4) Recruits - expect an influx of fresh talent coming to UK year in and year out. All the top recruits will put us on their list and Calipari will go and get them.
So, be ready! UK is back people!
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
The trip so far...
As you all know, I'm currently, well basically, living out of a semi truck as I truck across the USA with my good friend Michael. Seeing the US has been one of my goals I want to do in my life and I'm living it so far. As we are sitting here in La Crosse, Wisconsin being loaded I thought I would jump on here and blog. Since I have been on this trip since March 18, 2009, these are the following things I have seen.
Bridges:
Bay Bridge in MD - just didn't get to see any Naval Ships like I hope tood
George Washington Bridge in New York
Delaware Memorial Bridge in Delaware
Rivers:
Hudson Rivers in NY - where the mobs drop those dead bodies! *lol* Just kidding!
Delaware River in DE - the river that George Washington crossed
Lake Michigan - Wisconsin
Mississipi River - Wisconsin
Ohio River - Ohio
That's just some of the stuff I have seen. That's not mentioning cities we have driven through like New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Annapolis, Indianapolis, and etc. After getting loaded here we are going to be heading to Fort Worth, Texas. I will being see several states that I never been too on our way down to Texas like Minnesota, Iowa, Oklahoma, and maybe Kansas. So, it's going to be a great day for me.
TL
Bridges:
Bay Bridge in MD - just didn't get to see any Naval Ships like I hope tood
George Washington Bridge in New York
Delaware Memorial Bridge in Delaware
Rivers:
Hudson Rivers in NY - where the mobs drop those dead bodies! *lol* Just kidding!
Delaware River in DE - the river that George Washington crossed
Lake Michigan - Wisconsin
Mississipi River - Wisconsin
Ohio River - Ohio
That's just some of the stuff I have seen. That's not mentioning cities we have driven through like New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Annapolis, Indianapolis, and etc. After getting loaded here we are going to be heading to Fort Worth, Texas. I will being see several states that I never been too on our way down to Texas like Minnesota, Iowa, Oklahoma, and maybe Kansas. So, it's going to be a great day for me.
TL
Sunday, March 29, 2009
In Elkton, MD...
Greetings from the Petro Truck Stop here in Elkton, Maryland. Michael and I have been here since Friday night waiting for a load which we got Saturday but we can't pick it up until Monday morning. We will be heading to Wisconsin which we have to be there by Wednesday.
So, what's been up with me? Well, since I left on the 18th of March with Michael, I have been to Illinois, Kentucky, Alabama, Delaware (twice), and Maryland for either to pick up loads or drop them off. We have driven through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, CT, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York. Sleeping in a semi truck is actually pretty kewl. Not to mention it's warm and I don't have to wear about every known clothing I have to keep warm. It's been peaceful riding along in the truck. Listening to an awesome radio show called "Afternoon Advice" that is on the playboy channel on Sirus XM radio that's on from 2:00 pm EST to 6:00 pm EST. Then to the "DNR" show that's on from 6:00 pm EST to 9:00 pm EST that's on another channel that I can't think of right now.
Gotta thank Michael for buying this Acer One computer. A few days ago we found out that I could use my Blackberry as a modem to get on the internet but at the time he only had a MacBook laptop which didn't work with my blackberry. So, we ended up finding thing Acer One on sale for $100 less than what it normally costs. So, now we are able to get on the internet but at a very very slow speed. My blackberry connects at a 115 kbs. Yes, you see that right. That is back in the prehistoric days! But Michael and I are working on trying to get faster speed. But for the time being, this will allow me to update my blog on a more regular basis. I told my friend Brett that I will try to blog every Friday to give him an update. So, maybe I can keep up with that now?
Anyway, gotta go and get ready for bed. Have to be up at 4:30 am CST to be on the road to pick up a load early in the morning. You know how to contact me if you need to get a hold of me. Outta here!
TL
So, what's been up with me? Well, since I left on the 18th of March with Michael, I have been to Illinois, Kentucky, Alabama, Delaware (twice), and Maryland for either to pick up loads or drop them off. We have driven through Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, CT, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York. Sleeping in a semi truck is actually pretty kewl. Not to mention it's warm and I don't have to wear about every known clothing I have to keep warm. It's been peaceful riding along in the truck. Listening to an awesome radio show called "Afternoon Advice" that is on the playboy channel on Sirus XM radio that's on from 2:00 pm EST to 6:00 pm EST. Then to the "DNR" show that's on from 6:00 pm EST to 9:00 pm EST that's on another channel that I can't think of right now.
Gotta thank Michael for buying this Acer One computer. A few days ago we found out that I could use my Blackberry as a modem to get on the internet but at the time he only had a MacBook laptop which didn't work with my blackberry. So, we ended up finding thing Acer One on sale for $100 less than what it normally costs. So, now we are able to get on the internet but at a very very slow speed. My blackberry connects at a 115 kbs. Yes, you see that right. That is back in the prehistoric days! But Michael and I are working on trying to get faster speed. But for the time being, this will allow me to update my blog on a more regular basis. I told my friend Brett that I will try to blog every Friday to give him an update. So, maybe I can keep up with that now?
Anyway, gotta go and get ready for bed. Have to be up at 4:30 am CST to be on the road to pick up a load early in the morning. You know how to contact me if you need to get a hold of me. Outta here!
TL
Friday, March 13, 2009
Here I go again...
Boy is life kicking me in the ass! As you can can it's been a little bit over a month since my last post. But I promise I have a good reason for it. I have been grappling with a very big decision this last month that the answer didn't come to me until just a few weeks ago and ever since been working my butt off to get things in order. Still don't have everything but enough.
On March 18, 2009, I'm going to do something new. I'm going to be truckin across the US. Yes, you heard me right. I'm going to go from sleeping in a car to sleeping in a semi truck across the US. After failing to land a job in the last month, I decided that it is time for me to get out of this area and hope to land in a great area that will help me land my job. My friend Michael was nice enough to offer me to come along with him while he is driving. So, I'm going to be his passenger.
My plan for this trip is that on Monday, March 16, 2009, I'm going to be giving up the last of my major possession of mine the car. Yes, going to return it back to Chase. They can go and shove it up their ass all I care. I hope I don't hear from them again. Then on Wednesday, I'll be back on the road. While I'm the road, I'm going to continue my job searching across the US and hopefully I'll get a job in an area that I want. Plus, I'm going to try and take photos and/or blog as much as possible. I always wanted to see the country side but I never thought it would be in a semi truck though.
Before you ask, yes, I'm scared shitless! But I think it's the best option for me. Keeping the car was my first priority but it wasn't feasible now that I'm totally out of money. I get my food stamps but there is a great chance I won't be able to keep those as I'm supposed to have an employment meeting on March 24, 2009. Which as you can tell, I'm not going to be in Kentucky to go to this meeting. I have placed a call to change it but they haven't called me back yet. I still have to get a hold of my insurance company to let them know as well.
What am I going to do after this? Just gotta read my blog because I don't even know what I'm going to do. So, living day by day!
On March 18, 2009, I'm going to do something new. I'm going to be truckin across the US. Yes, you heard me right. I'm going to go from sleeping in a car to sleeping in a semi truck across the US. After failing to land a job in the last month, I decided that it is time for me to get out of this area and hope to land in a great area that will help me land my job. My friend Michael was nice enough to offer me to come along with him while he is driving. So, I'm going to be his passenger.
My plan for this trip is that on Monday, March 16, 2009, I'm going to be giving up the last of my major possession of mine the car. Yes, going to return it back to Chase. They can go and shove it up their ass all I care. I hope I don't hear from them again. Then on Wednesday, I'll be back on the road. While I'm the road, I'm going to continue my job searching across the US and hopefully I'll get a job in an area that I want. Plus, I'm going to try and take photos and/or blog as much as possible. I always wanted to see the country side but I never thought it would be in a semi truck though.
Before you ask, yes, I'm scared shitless! But I think it's the best option for me. Keeping the car was my first priority but it wasn't feasible now that I'm totally out of money. I get my food stamps but there is a great chance I won't be able to keep those as I'm supposed to have an employment meeting on March 24, 2009. Which as you can tell, I'm not going to be in Kentucky to go to this meeting. I have placed a call to change it but they haven't called me back yet. I still have to get a hold of my insurance company to let them know as well.
What am I going to do after this? Just gotta read my blog because I don't even know what I'm going to do. So, living day by day!
Saturday, February 7, 2009
What does my life have to do...
with this world? Have anybody on earth ever asked that question to themselves? If so, maybe somebody can e-mail me their answer? When I thought my life can't hit any further than rock bottom. Leave it up to me to find a way to do it. After years of rejection from girls and jobs, why can't I reject life? Apparently, I clearly don't fit into this world. The world doesn't want me so why should I wait until life rejects me too? Even before this recession started, I had a hard time finding a job. It took me four years to find my SharpShooter Imaging job. Good thing I was going to school. But now, I don't have the luxury of going to school. I'm in the real world and it has kicked my ass from one coast to the other and preceding to do it again and again. I'M TIRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT STOPS NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm tired of rejection and being a big fat loser! Therefore, God can have me! Of course, over the years he has had me. He has guided me here for a reason. It better be a damn good plan or else I'll be pissed!
- TL
- TL
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Thawing out finally...
Looks like things are finally starting to thaw out here after the Midwest was blanketed with snow and ice for the last three days. Thanks to Chris and his family, I was able to sleep inside a house for two of the three days. The bad weather did bring a damper to things as I had several appointments this week but due to the weather majority were cancelled. But did manage to have my appointment to apply for food stamps. Just had two forms that needed to be filled out by other people. Was able to get one filled out that day and returned back to the office on the same day. The other form, I had to have CBS fill out which I dropped off on Friday to them. They (CBS) said it takes up to 72 hours. And then once the food stamp people get that back, it will take them three to five days to process my case. So, I'm probably looking at like 10 to 14 days from this post before I'll receive any food stamps. As soon as I know how much I get and etc, I'll let you all know.
But until then, things are continue to spiral downhill for me in my life. Just barely holding on surviving but for how much longer? This upcoming week, I'm not really looking forward to see unless a miracle happens and I win the lottery or something. 1) My bank account will be overdrawn as of Thursday (Feb 5th). Each day it's overdrawn, I get charged $6 on top of that. Well, without a job, that might be a while. 2) As of Monday, I'll be foodless basically until I get my food stamps either later that week or the early the following week. So, I'm working on a plan to get me some food for the week. 3) Getting close to running out of gas for the car. With no job comes even a greater chance of having no money! *lol* Not to mention, looks like Chase is going to start hounding me about my car payment as well. So, who knows how long it will be until I have no car? Thinking of the car? I'm wondering if my homeless verficiation letter I received from Recovery Network would work with JD ByRider to get a cheaper car? They say they want me to stay a month at a physical address. Something I have to think about soon maybe?
Anyway, back to my life I go to try and fix things to make it better.
Ciao TL
But until then, things are continue to spiral downhill for me in my life. Just barely holding on surviving but for how much longer? This upcoming week, I'm not really looking forward to see unless a miracle happens and I win the lottery or something. 1) My bank account will be overdrawn as of Thursday (Feb 5th). Each day it's overdrawn, I get charged $6 on top of that. Well, without a job, that might be a while. 2) As of Monday, I'll be foodless basically until I get my food stamps either later that week or the early the following week. So, I'm working on a plan to get me some food for the week. 3) Getting close to running out of gas for the car. With no job comes even a greater chance of having no money! *lol* Not to mention, looks like Chase is going to start hounding me about my car payment as well. So, who knows how long it will be until I have no car? Thinking of the car? I'm wondering if my homeless verficiation letter I received from Recovery Network would work with JD ByRider to get a cheaper car? They say they want me to stay a month at a physical address. Something I have to think about soon maybe?
Anyway, back to my life I go to try and fix things to make it better.
Ciao TL
Monday, January 26, 2009
Mentally and Emotionally Drained...
Today, I had a phone screening with Hobsons in downtown Cincinnati. The lady is sending my information on to the hiring manager and if he feels like I warrant further consideration, he will interview me face to face. But I won't know one way or another for a week. Hope things work out and I hear back very soon.
Then after the phone interview, I had breakfast and finished up the third installment of the Twilight Series before heading off to the Welcome House. At the welcome house, I ended up staying there until around 4 pm. 4 hours only to be chastised by the case manager. I never felt so uneasy after leaving any place before. This was horrible but as I seat here and reflect, am I in denial of things? The questions she asked was fair questions but I answered them as truly as I can. But to consider my answers as "playing" her or trying to "lie" to her is pretty low. I answered all her questions to the best of my ability. I had no clue what she was looking for but after leaving there, my stomach was in knots and upset. Almost like I wanted to throw up. But as I'm thinking back, do I need to reconsider some of the things I'm doing? Do I need to dig deeper inside me to figure out what's wrong with me? Why am I so mentally and emotionally drained right now? I was only with the case manager for like 30 minutes. I seem to be unable to describe how I feel right now in this post. It seemed to me that the case manager thinks that being homeless, living out of my car, no job, and no money makes a person have depression? All I can think about since I left the Welcome House is that meeting and it's killing me. Why is it killing me? I just...I just don't...don't know what to really think. Is it denial? Am I denying myself something? I'm just confused, mentally, and emotionally drained! And it's all because of this meeting at the Welcome House!
This next few days is mainly going to keep me in Covington it seems until this weekend. Looks like I'm going to the job club on both Tuesday and Friday at 1 pm. All I wanted from the Welcome House was a referral to the Job Club. At least I got that but was it worth it now? Then on Thursday, I have my appointment for food stamps. So, it looks like for me to save gas, I'm going to stay around in that area for this week. Then be back over here this weekend. Nowadays, since I really don't have money, I need to start being wise on saving gas and etc.
Another thing that's going to be coming up soon, is my upcoming blog post regarding "Twilight". I just got the 4th installment of the series "Breaking Dawn". After I'm done listening to it, I'm going to do a blog post about it. Don't want to miss that! *lol* Anyway, thank you all for staying with me till the end of this post. Talk to you soon!
-TL
Then after the phone interview, I had breakfast and finished up the third installment of the Twilight Series before heading off to the Welcome House. At the welcome house, I ended up staying there until around 4 pm. 4 hours only to be chastised by the case manager. I never felt so uneasy after leaving any place before. This was horrible but as I seat here and reflect, am I in denial of things? The questions she asked was fair questions but I answered them as truly as I can. But to consider my answers as "playing" her or trying to "lie" to her is pretty low. I answered all her questions to the best of my ability. I had no clue what she was looking for but after leaving there, my stomach was in knots and upset. Almost like I wanted to throw up. But as I'm thinking back, do I need to reconsider some of the things I'm doing? Do I need to dig deeper inside me to figure out what's wrong with me? Why am I so mentally and emotionally drained right now? I was only with the case manager for like 30 minutes. I seem to be unable to describe how I feel right now in this post. It seemed to me that the case manager thinks that being homeless, living out of my car, no job, and no money makes a person have depression? All I can think about since I left the Welcome House is that meeting and it's killing me. Why is it killing me? I just...I just don't...don't know what to really think. Is it denial? Am I denying myself something? I'm just confused, mentally, and emotionally drained! And it's all because of this meeting at the Welcome House!
This next few days is mainly going to keep me in Covington it seems until this weekend. Looks like I'm going to the job club on both Tuesday and Friday at 1 pm. All I wanted from the Welcome House was a referral to the Job Club. At least I got that but was it worth it now? Then on Thursday, I have my appointment for food stamps. So, it looks like for me to save gas, I'm going to stay around in that area for this week. Then be back over here this weekend. Nowadays, since I really don't have money, I need to start being wise on saving gas and etc.
Another thing that's going to be coming up soon, is my upcoming blog post regarding "Twilight". I just got the 4th installment of the series "Breaking Dawn". After I'm done listening to it, I'm going to do a blog post about it. Don't want to miss that! *lol* Anyway, thank you all for staying with me till the end of this post. Talk to you soon!
-TL
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Down in the dumps...
Today isn't one of my best days it seems as my mood is down. Seems to me I'm playing with fire when it comes to certain things and it's going to be backfiring soon. In the past when I start down a path it comes very hard for me to pull myself off the path. My path seems to be like two trains that are about to collide and it seems I can't do anything about it. Which I'm not sure is true that I can't do anything about. Hopefully after Monday things will look better but I have to get to Monday as I'm very low on gas. Will I have enough gas to get to my appointments? Then what am I going to do after that? Where is my money going to come from to pay for gas, my cash advances, my bank for the early access money, my insurance, doctors appointment that's coming up in February, for food, and etc. The good news is I do have a phone interview in the morning. Maybe this will get the job I want. The food money help is on the way as soon as I can get into the food stamp office to get food stamps. Things do have to get better right? I hope so!
- TL
- TL
Friday, January 23, 2009
Fantasy TL vs Reality TL...
Like the title says, not much going on today really. I had a counseling session today at 11 am. Which made me spent the last of my money. Now I'm totally out of money until I either find a job or I get lucky and win the lottery, or somebody gives me money, or my taxes come in.
I just got back from my friend's Chris's house after visiting him for a while. Where the true fun really came. He has a Xbox 360 and one of the games that he has is NBA 2K. My friend loves creating players and creating his own team in franchise mode. So, he already made himself as a player. He is the center for the Chicago Bulls. He is 7'6", 310 lbs, with mad skills. So, he decided he wanted to make me a player on the team as well. So, we created me to be on his team. I was going to be point guard that would be a lock down defender and great offensive minded player. So, at first we decided that we would create me being 4'6", 95 lbs player with mad skills. Well, we had a great laugh when we saw me play in the game. The best comparsion I can tell you how I looked vs the other players on the floor was funny. I was litterally a golf pencil size player as everybody else was a regular pencil size players on the game. It was funny. Then, we re-adjusted my height to be 6'9" point guard. Well, after playing a few games, he decided to simulate the season to see how we did. Well, my player led us to the NBA title leaving behind a mark that probably would never be achieved in basketball history. For the season, I average a triple double while my friend average a double double over the whole season. Not only that, I won the leave MVP, was top Defensive Player in the league, First team All Star player. Not to mention I was the Final MVP as well. And I did this all in my first year in the league. It was sic! And I wasn't a ball hog or anything either. I scored nearly 1400 points for the seaon, had 825 assists, and like 200 or so turnovers in the game. I was a swell individual team player!
But what really got me thinking is the comparsion of my fantasy self vs my reality self. It seems like whenever me or my friend Chris created me that my fantasy self like totally opposite of my reality self. So, if you created a fantasy self, how would your fantasy self differs from the real you?
- TL
I just got back from my friend's Chris's house after visiting him for a while. Where the true fun really came. He has a Xbox 360 and one of the games that he has is NBA 2K. My friend loves creating players and creating his own team in franchise mode. So, he already made himself as a player. He is the center for the Chicago Bulls. He is 7'6", 310 lbs, with mad skills. So, he decided he wanted to make me a player on the team as well. So, we created me to be on his team. I was going to be point guard that would be a lock down defender and great offensive minded player. So, at first we decided that we would create me being 4'6", 95 lbs player with mad skills. Well, we had a great laugh when we saw me play in the game. The best comparsion I can tell you how I looked vs the other players on the floor was funny. I was litterally a golf pencil size player as everybody else was a regular pencil size players on the game. It was funny. Then, we re-adjusted my height to be 6'9" point guard. Well, after playing a few games, he decided to simulate the season to see how we did. Well, my player led us to the NBA title leaving behind a mark that probably would never be achieved in basketball history. For the season, I average a triple double while my friend average a double double over the whole season. Not only that, I won the leave MVP, was top Defensive Player in the league, First team All Star player. Not to mention I was the Final MVP as well. And I did this all in my first year in the league. It was sic! And I wasn't a ball hog or anything either. I scored nearly 1400 points for the seaon, had 825 assists, and like 200 or so turnovers in the game. I was a swell individual team player!
But what really got me thinking is the comparsion of my fantasy self vs my reality self. It seems like whenever me or my friend Chris created me that my fantasy self like totally opposite of my reality self. So, if you created a fantasy self, how would your fantasy self differs from the real you?
- TL
Thursday, January 22, 2009
News about TL...
As you all know from my profile and my post about "Who is TL?", I'm currently been working on getting a job and to stop living out of my car. The reason for the day and half absence that occurred was mainly because I had some appointments that I had to attend too. So, this is what happened the last few days.
Tuesday - 1/20/2009 - After 11:30 am
After my first post about the Inauguration, I was hoping I would be able to catch the speech live but I couldn't mainly because I had an appointment with Kay, who is the Housing Coordinator for Catholic Charities at 1:00 pm. I tried to see if I was able to catch President Obama's speech but I couldn't by the time I had to start heading over to Catholic Charities. About the time I got to Catholic Charites, the speech was over. Which was a bummer, but good thing for the internet though. Anywho, my appointment with Kay was very insightful as I learn of new resources that might help me like the Welcome House, Recovery Network, and the Vocational Rehab. I meet with Kay for a little over an hour as we worked on some goals for me to get me into some kind of housing. Goals like getting certain documents together that I will need to track down from my personal stuff, applying for food stamps, applying for section 8 housing, and etc. Armed with these new resources, I formed a plan of attack for myself for the next day.
After I was done with Kay at Catholic Charities, I decided to go and see some old friends in Delhi, OH that I haven't seen in a very long time. Cathy and Richard helped me out several years ago and I thought I would just drop in and see how their were doing and catch up with them. This last week, I have been taking a stroll down memory lane as I started connected with some of my very old friends from when I started college in 1995. Just wanted to see how they are doing and everything. So, it was nice to catch up with Cathy and Richard. I got to their place around 3:00 pm and stayed until around 6:30 pm.
Anyway, after I left, my intention was to come out to the library here and do a few posts regarding the Inauguration and my visit but as I was drving, I noticed that I was falling asleep and couldn't stay awake. So, I made it to Turfway and parked in a parking lot to take a few hours of sleep. This was around 7 pm. The next thing I know it was midnight, then it was 5 am, and then 9 am. 14 hours of sleep was the best I got in a while.
Wednesday - 1/21/2009
So, after my 14 hours of sleep, I had to run some errands in the morning before I head down to Recovery Network in Covington. These errands took me about two hours before I finally started heading to Recovery Network.
At Recovery Network I met Andrea, which she gave me a lot of resources that will help me out big times. One of my recent problems I have been having is when I go and apply somewhere, I couldn't use my PO Box because it wasn't a street address. So, Recovery Network gave me a homeless verification letter which allows me to use their address. This is huge because this was one of the things that Kay from Catholic Charities said I would need to get. This will allow me to sign up for things. While there, I got a referral for the Welcome House where I have to go in on Monday to see what they also can do for me. The Welcome House has a Job Club that if I qualify for would benefit me hugely because they will help with computer certifications and etc. Also, they will help me with Vocational Rehab. So, this will be great for me.
After I left Recovery Network armed with my homeless verification letter, I went to apply for food stamps down in Covington. When I got there around 3:30 pm, there was 30 people there still waiting. Then as I went to one of the waiting windows, I ran into Charles. Charles was also another one of my friends from when I started college as well. Seeing him brought back some more memories from that time as we talked about the old days. He also recommended that it's pretty much guarnteed I wouldn't been seen that day that it would probably be best to sign up for an appointment and have it mailed to me. So, that's what I decided to do. I filled out all the paperwork that is required and then in five to seven days they will send me my appointment time. So, that's all I'm waiting on for now for me to get food stamps. Getting food stamps would be a huge deal for me as I don't have to use money money on food. So, I can continue eating out of my car rather than spending money on fast food resturants. Can't wait!
After leaving the food stamps office, I went over to my best friend's place to visit him and his family. I got there around 4 pm and ended up staying there watching "Lie to me" on Fox and the 2nd half of the UK Basketball game. Then I left around midnight. As I was living though, I got a scare because my "check engine" light came on and I decided to rather than come back to Burlington, I would stay over in that area to go to AutoZone to get my car tested. So, I stayed at the Kroger's parking lot sleeping. But when I woke up to head to AutoZone, the check engine light didn't come on.
So, I came to the library and now you all are caught up!
- TL
Tuesday - 1/20/2009 - After 11:30 am
After my first post about the Inauguration, I was hoping I would be able to catch the speech live but I couldn't mainly because I had an appointment with Kay, who is the Housing Coordinator for Catholic Charities at 1:00 pm. I tried to see if I was able to catch President Obama's speech but I couldn't by the time I had to start heading over to Catholic Charities. About the time I got to Catholic Charites, the speech was over. Which was a bummer, but good thing for the internet though. Anywho, my appointment with Kay was very insightful as I learn of new resources that might help me like the Welcome House, Recovery Network, and the Vocational Rehab. I meet with Kay for a little over an hour as we worked on some goals for me to get me into some kind of housing. Goals like getting certain documents together that I will need to track down from my personal stuff, applying for food stamps, applying for section 8 housing, and etc. Armed with these new resources, I formed a plan of attack for myself for the next day.
After I was done with Kay at Catholic Charities, I decided to go and see some old friends in Delhi, OH that I haven't seen in a very long time. Cathy and Richard helped me out several years ago and I thought I would just drop in and see how their were doing and catch up with them. This last week, I have been taking a stroll down memory lane as I started connected with some of my very old friends from when I started college in 1995. Just wanted to see how they are doing and everything. So, it was nice to catch up with Cathy and Richard. I got to their place around 3:00 pm and stayed until around 6:30 pm.
Anyway, after I left, my intention was to come out to the library here and do a few posts regarding the Inauguration and my visit but as I was drving, I noticed that I was falling asleep and couldn't stay awake. So, I made it to Turfway and parked in a parking lot to take a few hours of sleep. This was around 7 pm. The next thing I know it was midnight, then it was 5 am, and then 9 am. 14 hours of sleep was the best I got in a while.
Wednesday - 1/21/2009
So, after my 14 hours of sleep, I had to run some errands in the morning before I head down to Recovery Network in Covington. These errands took me about two hours before I finally started heading to Recovery Network.
At Recovery Network I met Andrea, which she gave me a lot of resources that will help me out big times. One of my recent problems I have been having is when I go and apply somewhere, I couldn't use my PO Box because it wasn't a street address. So, Recovery Network gave me a homeless verification letter which allows me to use their address. This is huge because this was one of the things that Kay from Catholic Charities said I would need to get. This will allow me to sign up for things. While there, I got a referral for the Welcome House where I have to go in on Monday to see what they also can do for me. The Welcome House has a Job Club that if I qualify for would benefit me hugely because they will help with computer certifications and etc. Also, they will help me with Vocational Rehab. So, this will be great for me.
After I left Recovery Network armed with my homeless verification letter, I went to apply for food stamps down in Covington. When I got there around 3:30 pm, there was 30 people there still waiting. Then as I went to one of the waiting windows, I ran into Charles. Charles was also another one of my friends from when I started college as well. Seeing him brought back some more memories from that time as we talked about the old days. He also recommended that it's pretty much guarnteed I wouldn't been seen that day that it would probably be best to sign up for an appointment and have it mailed to me. So, that's what I decided to do. I filled out all the paperwork that is required and then in five to seven days they will send me my appointment time. So, that's all I'm waiting on for now for me to get food stamps. Getting food stamps would be a huge deal for me as I don't have to use money money on food. So, I can continue eating out of my car rather than spending money on fast food resturants. Can't wait!
After leaving the food stamps office, I went over to my best friend's place to visit him and his family. I got there around 4 pm and ended up staying there watching "Lie to me" on Fox and the 2nd half of the UK Basketball game. Then I left around midnight. As I was living though, I got a scare because my "check engine" light came on and I decided to rather than come back to Burlington, I would stay over in that area to go to AutoZone to get my car tested. So, I stayed at the Kroger's parking lot sleeping. But when I woke up to head to AutoZone, the check engine light didn't come on.
So, I came to the library and now you all are caught up!
- TL
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