Waiting

today was pretty uneventful for the most part. i managed to stay alert in art history, which i am mrginally proud of.... but the real excitement happened this evening wen i went to school. first some background info: the van, the vehicle that my mom normally drives, is out of commission for whatever reason, so for the past couple weeks i have been taking her to work and picking her up. and since i have started school, she has been taking me to my evening classes and picking me up. and today was no exception... since my grandma is staying over with us for a week or so and my sister has soccer practice, i lose my wheels and gain a chauffeur.

as for class itself it was descent enough, not all that exciting i supose, but it was fairly entertaining, that teacher is nver dry and she is pretty enjoyable. we discussed families and the characteristics of a successfull family and those of a dysfuncional family. she then showed us a video of a fairly well known family on TV that is what she considers a very successfull family. anyone wanna to take a stab at who she is refering to?

anyways, after class i whip out the old sidekick and give my mom a ring to come get me. i call home, assuming she is, you know, home. my brother answers and tells me to tell mom to come pick me up myself (he failed to mention that she wasnt home.... ass) then he realizes that i am unaware that my mom took my grandma shopping. yay. so i hang up and call my mom's cell. she picks up and informs me that she is at walmart. WTF!??!?! walmart is in Rohnert Park, which is about 20 minutes away without traffic. UGH. so i got to wait. but first i walked to deaf dog coffee hoping to get something to drink and place to sit. but after my 1/4 mile walk i found they were closed. so i walked back to school. i sat on the second floor walkway area wich overlooks the turn-about in front of the school and, at the moment, the moon. i just sat there listening to my ipod (SO glad i brought it) and messaging people while i awaited my mother's eventual arrival. she finally got there roughly 1/2 an hour after i got out of class.

after getting home, i volunteered to unload and put away the stuff they bought. i was curious to see what they just had to get at walmart. which turned out to be nothing. all they got were cereals, chips, sodas, binder paper, binders, other school supplies and shampoo. all of which could have been gotten at Safeway, Albertsons, Longs or even, dare i say, K Mart. all of which are within the city limits. goddamnit i was so pissed.

i just got back from walking the dog. luckily the weather is freakin beautiful. not a cloud in the sky, the moon is bright as all hell, and there isnt but a breeze. the air itself is still and temperate. in a word: beautful. i let the dog loose at the highschool and ran out into the middle of the field and collapsed and lay there stairing up into the stars and moon just contemplating my existance for a good 20 minutes. that was the hightlight of my day. in fact, i may go back outside. good times.