Friday, while I was on my way to the movies, a woman (mostly preoccupied with her cell phone and shopping bags) stepped out into the road as I was coming. Now, in her defense she was at a crosswalk...and not one of the ones what are at a light...but one where pedestrians can walk out in the street and have the right away. But, most sane people usually only step out with enough time for the car to see them. This lady did not.
This is a place where the speed limit is like 10 because it goes through a strip of shops, so I wasn't going fast, but she did pop out of now where. I don't think she even looked up till she was mid was across the street and realized I stopped pretty close to her. I was like a movie...an old lady slowly walks across the street with her walker and groceries and a big truck has to screech its tires to stop just in the nick of time...except the lady was not old, did not have a walker, was more concerned with her phone than her life, and it wasn't a truck it was a cute (albeit dirty) Jetta, and there was no tire screech because the brakes and the tires are in great condition.
The good news is I didn't hit her...though since she seemed to move slower as she walked on, I did want to tap her a bit with my bumper...but (obviously) I didn't.
Saturday morning I went to the library to meet with a lady I am tutoring in the Adult Literacy Program, and the line was around the block to get into the library. I was trying to figure out what was going on...were they giving away books? Computers? Movies? Jobs? People were ready with empty boxes and shopping bags. After the doors opened, I realized it was the second Saturday of the month when they hold a used book sale. Books, DVDs, Audio books and VHS tapes were priced between fifty cents and two dollars. Pretty nice deal!
The lady I'm tutoring is from Iran and is really nice. She brought her daughter with her, and she's starting her sophomore year of college. I hope to have a lot of fun with my tutee while helping her improve her reading, writing and pronunciation skills...so that eventually she can get a job. I'm hoping when my job(s) start it will still allow me to help her.
After working with her, I decided to spend some time doing some work for the next projects....since I was already here, might as well get a little work done. I didn't spend the whole day though. Only a few hours, but it was enough productivity for a Saturday.
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