09-10-09

Corey knows a retired woman who he helps for cash sometimes. Melanie is in the process of moving form her home into an apartment. She’s getting ready for a garage sale and needs some help. We rode our bikes to her house at 9:00am. She had us move boxes from a garden shed and unpack them on her patio so she could price things for the sale. We also did some light gardening. It was easy and she paid very well. We worked for less than 2 hours and she gave me $30 cash.
Trinity and I drove north on the 101 to Coos Bay for some supplies, with a stop in Bandon to get good dog food for Sebastian. The small store we stopped at was an interesting mix of gardening equipment, guns and amo and animal supplies. We noticed a sign that said, “If you abandon an animal please leave a donation to help us take care of it”. They explained that people drop off animals there. They even had a cute little dog who had been left several days ago. Trinity offered to helps spread the word, but they said, “please don’t”. It’s kind of a secret thing they do. If it got out in the public they would be overrun with abandoned pets. It was interesting to see such wonderful care and attention for animals, from guys standing behind a gun counter.
That evening we watched the Space Shuttle cross the sky at 8:33, followed by the International Space Station several minutes later. They had just separated and were following each other in orbit. A very cool sight.