Hurricanes Anonymous

This not-really-short story by Adam Johnson follows "Nonc" who is a UPS driver in post Katrina Louisiana. His ex-girlfriend has just dropped his son onto his lap, but he doesn't know where she is. Nonc is currently homeless, living out of his UPS van and is taking advantage of the charity organizations like FEMA, though he had been homeless a year before Katrina. The story is about him: finding his ex-girlfriend, who ends up being in prison; deciding he is going to change his situation; stick with his current girlfriend and be more than just a person in her life; and, most importantly, choose to be an actual father to his son.

Pros:
The language. It's matter of fact and real without losing anything. Definitely a 3rd Limited POV and everything is described through his eyes in a candid manner.
The people. Nonc sounds just like some indifferent vagrant. Relle (Noncs current girlfriend) is straightforward, sometimes ice-cold, but goal oriented. And his ex-girlfriend, Marnie, is exactly that type of "I'm way too good for this shit" bitch.
The ending. It's an open ended sort of ending with the characters driving off into the sunset with a whole new set of goals in front of them. It leaves things uncertain, but the future is supposed to be uncertain.
The names. They are mostly fluid. Nonc's name is not actually Nonc, Relle's name is short for Cherelle, and the kid's name is Geronimo, but they are not certain if that is his birth name, and they rarely call him by that name. What's interesting is that Nonc was only recently called Nonc, but even when thinking about the past, he is referred to as Nonc by the narrator.
Also, on a note: the kid has a bunch of words that mean something else. One of them is 'Eyeball' which I think probably actually means 'Eightball' which is what Marnie and her new boyfriend were using to transport drugs. Marnie denies being involved, but the kid says eyeball far too often, and even Nonc picks up on it and realizes that he is going to have that kid for quite a while.
Cons:
It's a little sluggish. It's mostly in the tempo, I don't think there's anything that really needs to be cut, but it could definitely move a little faster.