{"id":228,"date":"2013-03-05T23:01:37","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T04:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/?p=228"},"modified":"2013-06-07T16:34:28","modified_gmt":"2013-06-07T20:34:28","slug":"week-12-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/?p=228","title":{"rendered":"Week 12 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_ad_client = \"ca-pub-0229614676767015\"; \/* Small Banner 2 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"7944452228\"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\nToday was supposed to be my regular meeting with Anthony. I called him this morning to make sure we were still on &#8211; but he didn&#8217;t pick up. Nonetheless, I headed down to his corner to meet up with him around noon.<\/p>\n<p>The southeast corner of 19th and M was full of people but I didn&#8217;t see my friend. My feet paced in the same space that Anthony usually occupies as I scanned the area to see if he possibly had wandered away for a moment. While fumbling for my phone to give him a call I spotted his bright yellow vest across 19th street.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_229\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Au-Bon-Pain.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-229\" class=\" wp-image-229 \" alt=\"The dark organish decor of the Au Bon Pain is one of Anthony's regular refuges. Photo courtesy of http:\/\/regulus-starnotes.blogspot.com\/\" src=\"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Au-Bon-Pain.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Au-Bon-Pain.jpg 400w, https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Au-Bon-Pain-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The dark organish decor of the Au Bon Pain is one of Anthony&#8217;s regular refuges. Photo courtesy of http:\/\/regulus-starnotes.blogspot.com\/<\/p><\/div>\n<p>His body propped up against one of those newspaper boxes that take quarters, Anthony looked terrible. &#8220;I haven&#8217;t slept at all,&#8221; he said to me explaining that he had chaperoned a group of college students from Richmond doing an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalhomeless.org\/projects\/Homeless_Challenge_Project\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">urban plunge<\/a> &#8211; a 48 hour\u00a0experience\u00a0developed by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalhomeless.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Coalition for the Homeless<\/a> where young people get matched with a homeless individual and experience life on the streets. &#8220;This group had a couple of girls <!--more-->and I don&#8217;t like to sleep when girls are part of it&#8230;you never know, but nothing is gonna happen on my watch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I offered to buy him lunch but he just shook his head and said he was going to head over to the the Au Bon Pain and take a snooze in the back. The son was warming his unshaven face which peaked out from under his new hat that I gave him two weeks earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Before we split I asked him how his meeting with the housing\/employment\u00a0group that I had helped him get the previous week went. He just kind of shrugged and said, &#8220;We&#8217;ve got to talk about that&#8230;but not today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So who knows if he went or not. I told him I would circle back with him later this week and wished him lots of rest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was supposed to be my regular meeting with Anthony. I called him this morning to make sure we were still on &#8211; but he didn&#8217;t pick up. Nonetheless, I headed down to his corner to meet up with him around noon. 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