i'm back. obviously.

the trip was, under the circumstances, not as bad as it could have been. and will be. it'll get worse, i just have no fucking clue when.

however, since there were some parts that didn't completey suck and make me want to listen to depressing cello music, i'll tell about the trip.

saturday- dad, being the type of person he is, was three hours late to pick me up. we drove to Missouri, which took us 8 hours due to the route we took. it was more direct, yet longer. go figure. we got to St. Louis about 8pm. and they were having their Mardi Gras, so we had to drive through throngs of drunk morons walking through the streets. finally we got to grandpa and Jim's house.

sunday and monday- pretty much the same thing happened, both days: sat around and visited with grandpa and watched the gameshow network, and the news. to sum those two days ups: coffee, coffee, the answer is not crocodile, coffee, watched planes land, grits are now my favorite food, coffee, and i slept in the kitchen on a cot. which was more comfortable than it sounds.

tuesday- got up early and packed our things. we spent a little bit of time we grandpa before we had to leave. i came really closing to crying when i was saying goodbye to grandpa. i don't know if i'll see him again or not. i mean, so far he's doing okay. but we don't know how long it'll keep up.

tuesday (driving home)- we stopped at my uncle's resturant in Illinois. its an amazing mexican resturant. he owns two of 'em. i had some fabulous vegetarian tacos. and i saw the dreamiest boy ever. (don't worry, i'm still a big ol' dyke. but for a boy he was quite cute). he works for my uncle. he's all buff, mexican, quiet, and has a lovely smile for a boy. and he's super nice.

there's a difference between finding someone attractive and being attracted to them, ya know.

anyway. i got home bout 6pm. checked my e-mail. i had 66 e-mails. which is stupid cuz there were only 4 i wanted to read. i also checked our lovely mailbox which keeps falling off, and guess what i got? a postcard from erica! yes! that made me so fucking happy, you wouldn't believe it.

so, i have about $57 saved up for my trip. and considering i don't have a job, that's pretty fucking good. plus i have, i think, close to $60 in my savings account. i have been looking for a job though. i even have the classifieds from the college paper, sitting right next to my moniter.

oh yeah, a few things: 1) go download anti-flag's new song "911 for peace" 2)stay the fuck away from asbestes.