Dad told me to buy a phone at Wal-mart, but I don't mind being disconnected. Will was surprised my dad hadn't convinced Sprint to build a tower in the middle Cheraw, which just goes to show how much time I've been spending with Will because that's a fair expectation, and he's never even met my dad.
I spent the entire day with Will and Snayha. Six hours at the shelter, which went quicker than the other days. We participated in a group session with Delayne and a resident. The topic was creating a safety plan. I don't think the ideas quite penetrated. Ms. M was convinced the only safety plan she needed involved a meat cleaver. "My meat cleaver don't know nobody..."
It was Ms. M's birthday, and I bought her a Happy Birthday sign at Wal-mart for $1.86, and it made her so happy. She said she was going to drape it around her. We gave her a bunch of birthday cards too, ones that we had made during Arts and Crafts. That and her pasta salad made her so happy.
Ms. M said that she'd like a garden where the residents could work, and I think that's a wonderful idea. We'll definitely do flower pots next week.
Will, Snayha, and I sat on the porch swing for over an hour talking about injury stories and childhood stories and anything really that came up. Now I know about how Will kicked his shoe on top of a building and missed a Michael Jackson special and how Snayha stuck a bead in her ear when she was in 2nd grade. And how Will refused to touch the base after he broke his ankle.
After work, we ate Chinese, and then we joined Rui in a town miles and miles away from Cheraw. We helped Rui set up, missed free hot dogs, dropped Rui off, went to the gym, and then went to Bojangles where I had an egg and cheese biscuit.
Tomorrow to Myrtle.
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