Chapter 10

Shepard was paired with a permanent partner,Shaun Caldwell, at the moving company. They were very different but they used their differences ti their advantage. Shepard opened a banking account where he deposited his entire paycheck and his money from working with George. He attempted to spend as little as possible. He enjoyed his job at Fast company because he got to meet so many different people. He noticed that he was changing as time passed, something he hoped to use toward his goal. Marco moved to another, more upscale shelter. After that Marco seemed to fall out of his life, and Shaun began to get on his nerves. However he put up with it in order to reach his goal in the end. However unfortunately there as a misunderstanding and the money from one of the moves got stolen. Shepard and Shaun had to split the cost, $143.50 each. This set back his plans to move out.

Chapter 9

He deemed it a wise investment to rent a locker to keep his belongings in during the day. He was met again on his first day of work with a challenge. He was still driving the old truck and he had to move furniture from a third story apartment. He had his confidence back, which he tried to channel to his goal. He thought about buying a cheap apartment or renting a room, however he wanted more financial security than that. He wanted to stay there until he could get a "secure" place to live by himself or with Marco. He met a man named Mustafa who was the kindest and funniest man he had ever know. he continued with his enthusiastic attitude.

Chapter 8

Shepard waited at the office for Curtis until he came back. However he told him that there were no job openings. Shepard then spoke out to him, telling him that he was the best workers that he would ever find. After his speech, Curtis hired him. Curtis tested him by giving him the worst truck they had- an old stick shift that was breaking down. However he stuck it out and kept his new job. It had taken him 10 days, but he had a job. A man named Leo who also lived at the shelter expressed his dislike of lazy people.

Chapter 7

He continued to work with Easy-labor while he waited to hear back from prospective employers. he met with his caseworker, Kazia. He heard a story from his fellow shelter mates about a man who had lived a the shelter for a year and had all the while saved up enough money to pay the down payment for a house and move out permanently. He approved of such motivated attitudes to get out. He continued to follow up with the moving company to no avail. A man named Phil Colman told him to be confident when he was looking for a job. He resolved to go back to talk to Curtis, the manager of the moving company.

Chapter 6

He went to Goodwill for clothes when he need them and found them at affordable prices. Someone at eh shelter told him that a moving company was hiring for $8 an hour. He commented that filling gout applications is not very useful. He would have preferred to meet personally with the manager. A good sense of humor helped them keep going. He began to notice the effect that drugs had on other people in the shelter. He still could not find a steady job.

Chapter 5

Even if the work was hard, he kept with it in order to save up for his goal. He visited the library every day. He admired the Church's willingness to help the homeless, even to give them a place to live when they were strangers. He also appreciated that Crisis Ministries was always there to help out, especially the case workers. He tried to find other ways to get extra cash. He finally found a job at a carwash, however the pay was only $6.50 an hour. He passed on the job deciding that if he did not have a job by Friday he would come back. He now had steady work with George on Sunday, and by Monday he would have a steady job either at O'Charley's or at the car wash. He planned to spend the next day searching for any other jobs.

Chapter 4

Adam shepard began to get annoyed with working some of the Easylabor jobs. He had worked gor hours and only hag $14to show for it. He began to question if any work was better than no work at all. Shepard and his friend Marco come up with a plan to move out of the shelter and become roomates in 2 months. He did not waste money on even little things because he knew that just spending a few dollars at a time could build up and hurt him. He wasn't a " robot that worked all day andpenny-oinched [his] entire paycheck," but he didn't waste money frivolously either. A man named Larry in the shelter told Shepard that he wanted to move out next week now that he had found a steady job, however he miscalculated his expenses and would not listen to Shepard's warnings. He was looking forward to a job at a construction site he had gotten i the previous chapter with George.