When I wrapped up at the thrift store, Vivian said I'd done a pretty good job and she'd be happy to have me back. That was pretty nice.
I took a different route home. Usually, 8th St connects the east side of the town to the west side. It's a bit of a hike; seven blocks up and about twenty over. There's also an industrial road which runs along the shoreline before it cuts down into the neighborhoods around L St. I decided to see if that was any quicker than 8th.
It wasn't much quicker, clocking in at about seventy-five minutes instead of the ninety it usually takes. However, I did pass by a lot of industrial buildings and I got some names and numbers to plug in for phone calls Tuesday.
When I got back, I needed to meet with Daryl, my staffer. On Friday, he'd given me a “Goals Sheet” and requested I get it back to him Monday. Friday afternoon had been slow, so I gave it a pass and when I found him hanging around the building, asked him if what I had down was the kind of thing he was looking for. He didn't bother looking at it and without an encyclopedic knowledge of the masturbatory, make-a-difference movies social workers watch, I'm not sure where the line “It's not about what I want; it's about what you want,” came from.
I want to know so I can put a name to this hate.
He didn't have much to say about it Monday. “I want a job, and that's fundamental to the following plans,” was self-evident. There were also some things about doing my jobs around Purgatory Shelter and doing researching into housing.
The next topic was getting my California driver's license swapped over to Washington State. According to him, it would only cost “$35 or something.” You know I mentioned that I sometimes don't fight the social current hard enough? This was definitely one of those times. My driver's license is from Louisiana and I'd need to multiply my cash-on-hand about nine times over to have thirty-five dollars, much less be able to spare it.
But of course, I'll be going to the DMV Wednesday to look into it. It is a good idea. Having a local driver's license can be an asset and it doesn't look like there's much to it besides a fee that I pay (and taking a picture and I certainly don't feel like taking pictures right now).
At least it's something I can aim for in the future.
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