For the time being I’m only gonna have Internet access between about 8 am and 1 pm daily. If you contact me outside those times, I’m not being rude if I don’t get right back to you.
The reason why is that friends have convinced me to stay at the Union Mission (nearly) every night and to get there before 2 so the cost is free rather than $6. I don’t mind staying out for a night for good reason, but for now that’s the plan I’m gonna go with.
I took my first shower at the Mission yesterday. Don’t get me wrong, I’m grateful for ANY shower at all, but it became clear I need to bring my own supplies. I went by Walgreens this morning and bought a Dial 3-in-1 bottle of face, hair, and body wash.
We go to chapel nightly after dinner, and I thought I would hate that. That has not been the case, though. Yesterday we had a guest preacher and service leaders from a local Black church. Let me tell you, Black folks have way more fun worshipping than white folks.
Dinner was beef. and rice last night. It was the best thing I’ve had there so far. Spaghettios seem to be a side dish at every meal.
Back to the shower for a minute. They have an awesome clothes closet at the Mission. I got a fresh, clean T-shirt, boxers, and socks while keeping my hoodie and jeans. But if I’d had a job interview and wanted a blazer, polo, and slacks, I could have got those -fot FREE.
On to the news…
Blind Bear is selling to-go party wings for your Sunday watch parties. Oder by Friday, pick up Sunday 3:30-5:30. Sizes of 10, 50, or 100. Buffalo, Jack Daniel’s BBQ, or bang bang sauce. Also available: Tony’s greens or Hibernation Dip by the quart and BBQ chicken egg rolls.
Max’s Sports Bar will open at noon on Sunday for the 1 pm Tigers game.
Today is National Potato Lovers Day. Go get a BBQ pulled pork potato friom Smurfey’s on Madison near First Horizon.
The Grizzlies have traded Xavier Tillman Se. to the Boston Celtics for 2 second-round picks.
Anyone else getting an error when they attempt to block people on Facebook? Two people who’ve meddled in my life from out of town are as good as gone as soon as I figure this out.
Tied of typing on my iPhone keyboard. Gonna hit Publish and call it a post for now. Longer posts coming when I get the MacBook my friend is sending me. For now, gonna go see if Gould’s can take a walk-in so I can look less homeless. Back tomorrow probably.
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