{"id":239,"date":"2013-04-05T17:28:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T21:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/?p=239"},"modified":"2013-04-05T17:28:22","modified_gmt":"2013-04-05T21:28:22","slug":"week-15-street-vision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/?p=239","title":{"rendered":"Week 15 – Street Vision"},"content":{"rendered":"

The eye drops that Dr. Rubinfeld put in my eyes were starting to take affect when my phone rang. I moved the screen a bit further away than normal and read Anthony\u2019s name on the caller ID. He was calling to say that he might be a little late for our 11:45 meeting \u2013 his pants ripped earlier in the day and he needed to get a new pair across town at a thrift store.<\/p>\n

\"blurry-eyechart\"<\/a>My eye exam wrapped up and I was cleared for Lasik eye surgery next Wednesday. I wandered out of the doctor\u2019s office, my eyes fighting off the unwelcome sun that was bathing the sidewalks of Friendship Heights, MD. Although it\u2019s only about a block to the Metro, it took me a few extra minutes to arrive as I kept my head tucked deep into the top of my coat looking straight down as I walked, using my hand to shield my eyes from the sun\u2019s rays. I stepped into the underworld of the Metro and finally found my eyes relaxed in the cool dimly lit concrete world. A few minutes later I was downtown DC near Anthony\u2019s corner. I grabbed a coffee and plopped down in a comfy chair at Caribou Coffee to burn some time until he arrived.<\/p>\n

\"Anthony<\/a>

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We met; he was upbeat and very chipper. A side of him that I hand\u2019t seen in a while. In fact, I hadn\u2019t really seen any side of Anthony in a weeks as he\u2019d cancelled a few of our meetings.<\/p>\n

He slipped me a folded up piece of legal paper \u2013 you know the yellow colored type. \u201cWe\u2019ll talk about that over lunch,\u201d he said with a smile. Before heading off to lunch, Anthony asked me to take a photo of him to send to a very generous woman named Joyce who has been following the blog and sent a donation to cover a night in hotel for him.<\/p>\n

Over quesadillas and tacos we talked about the piece of paper he slipped me earlier. I unfolded it carefully \u2013 it seems that it had gotten wet at some point and could potentially tear so I wanted to be gentle with it. Inside I found a business card for an outreach worker that Anthony likes very much. He hopes that she will be able to help him navigate the housing assistance jungle. We\u2019ve got several irons in the fire, but I believe that we really need to stick with one group and work more closely with them if we want to get keys to an apartment in Anthony\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n

After lunch we walked back to his corner. He grilled me on my book writing. I\u2019m behind again, but still very committed. But Anthony suggested we up the stakes some. \u201cYou need consequences,\u201d he said grinning about as wide as one can. \u201cIf you don\u2019t get your draft proposal done in the next 3 weeks, then I think you need to come sleep on the streets with me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not a bad motivator. I don\u2019t have any interest in spending a night on the streets of DC. I nodded my head slowly knowing that Anthony\u2019s suggestion was a good one, despite the fact that I wasn\u2019t wild about the idea. But that is just the kind of consequence that we need to have – something to motivate me to meet my deadlines. So there you go. The clock is ticking and I need to get writing\u2026so I will be back in touch next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The eye drops that Dr. Rubinfeld put in my eyes were starting to take affect when my phone rang. I moved the screen a bit further away than normal and read Anthony\u2019s name on the caller ID. He was calling to say that he might be a little late for our 11:45 meeting \u2013 his […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[109,115,6,7,14,116,47,19,32],"class_list":["post-239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biweekly-meetings","tag-authors","tag-eye-surgery","tag-homeless","tag-homelessness","tag-housing","tag-lasik","tag-streets","tag-washington-dc","tag-writing"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=239"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":245,"href":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239\/revisions\/245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthonyandme.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}