Under Bridges

Saturday Matthew’s class went out to feed and pray with the homeless. We met with a group that goes out every weekend, at the Cleveland Ave K-Mart. It was an adventure just getting there, through the rain and traffic. They took us out underneath bridges, first there at Cleveland Avenue, down at the Hapeville Exit, up to the 75/85/20 interchange near the capitol, then west to an I-20 bridge near where the downtown carriage horses are stabled. This was right in Ceil’s wheelhouse, and the kids weren’t hesitant to step in there either.

After a stop near the Dome, we ended up at a women’s shelter north of the river on South Atlanta Road. One homeless woman came with the group to the shelter. There we sat in on their daily “Bible Study” …a fiery sermonette by a black dude, complete with amens and banging on tables. From where I sat I couldn’t see our kids reaction. Then Matthew’s class went table to table, taking orders, getting the food, served the ladies, then finally bussed the tables. BBQ beef and chicken…I was dishing slaw. Nice to watch our kids selflessly serving, especially Matthew.

Afterward we went to Willies and Publix. Will watched the UGA game down the street with several friends. Sunday after church I was sick, and actually took a nap. Saw some of all three weekend Braves games, and some of UGA, the Falcons, and Cowboys.

Friday I worked a little late, then had the house to myself for a bit. C and M came home from the grocery. Later I picked up Anna at Molly’s, then headed out to LS to get Will. Baseball Saturday was a rainout…tomorrow’s game doesn’t look good. Thursday’s home game could be cancelled, since the infield is all dirt.

De-cluttering…we’re past due. We would move to be near Living Science. Seems like eastbound AM traffic from there isn’t fun, nor westbound in the afternoon. Bout like anywhere else, I guess.

I don’t Twitter, but follow Lang, Andy, and NP funnyman Lanny Donnehoo online. Andy and Lanny have humorous exchanges, most recently about a neighbor’s cat Andy anonymously sold Lanny on EBay. Friday Land had mentioned the Francoeur/Hanson/pinstripes quote I hadn’t seen anywhere else.