Energy (138-365)
Hillbilly has an undeniable energy about him. Sometimes it is focused. Sometimes it is scattershot. Today was scattershot.
The topics were far-reaching, as were his emotions. From enthusiasm to tears to joking to combative, the moods changed within seconds. Sometimes it takes all my energy just to listen and understand what he is saying.
I don't get everything. His talk will go from shouts to whispers, and the roar of the trains overhead will drown out every other sentence. But you can pick up enough to make SOME sense of it all.
After 15 minutes under the tracks, I was shaking my hands to get some circulation. He laughingly (not maliciously) sneered "You cold?!?" I didn't complain. I wouldn't have gotten any empathy anyway, nor would I have expected any.
Some people just need a few minutes, some understanding, and for someone to recognize that they actually exist. If 15 minutes of my day can make that much of a difference in someone's life, that's a pretty good trade-off for cold hands.
Energy (138-365)
Hillbilly has an undeniable energy about him. Sometimes it is focused. Sometimes it is scattershot. Today was scattershot.
The topics were far-reaching, as were his emotions. From enthusiasm to tears to joking to combative, the moods changed within seconds. Sometimes it takes all my energy just to listen and understand what he is saying.
I don't get everything. His talk will go from shouts to whispers, and the roar of the trains overhead will drown out every other sentence. But you can pick up enough to make SOME sense of it all.
After 15 minutes under the tracks, I was shaking my hands to get some circulation. He laughingly (not maliciously) sneered "You cold?!?" I didn't complain. I wouldn't have gotten any empathy anyway, nor would I have expected any.
Some people just need a few minutes, some understanding, and for someone to recognize that they actually exist. If 15 minutes of my day can make that much of a difference in someone's life, that's a pretty good trade-off for cold hands.