Thursday, February 23, 2006

Sick

Mood: Blah
Song: Bombay - Jerry Martin
Units of Caffeine: 3
Days Until Vacation: 65

During the past couple of days, I've been sick... and bored. I hate being sick: I'm uncomfortable and there's only so much daytime TV I can stand and/or so much of the Sims that I can play. So, I'm back at work today - still not feel fully recovered, but good enough to get out of the house and keep from going stir crazy. But, as I sit at work, I understand why I got sick in the first place, and why I just need to put myself in a plastic bubble. Most of my co-workers are also sick - more sick than I was - but instead of staying home and getting well, they choose to come to work. Whereas the dedication to work is admirable; everyone is getting sick and it just keeps on recycling itself around the office.

So, the thought of my parents has just been lingering in my mind for some time now and, truth be told, as much as they piss me off, I would like to see them before my time, energy and money get sucked up into the big projects that lie ahead. Of course, there isn't a snowball's chance in hell that they're going to visit me an K, so I started thinking about the other alternative: going up to visit them. Of course, I hate it that, in order to see them, we have to go up to them every time. I also hate the position that it puts me in: You see, K and I are not exactly in the best place, financially right now, so only one of us could go. I spoke with K about this at lunch today, and it hurt me a lot to have to present the idea of visiting my parents without her with me - But I hate it more that my parents have put me... put us in this position. If they would just stop and think for a moment, they would realize that all of this bullshit would be solved if they just stopped fucking around and visit us for once in their lives.

So, I wrote my father with the idea of me visiting them for a few days next month. If he doesn't write back, I can't begin to tell you what rage will heat up the phone wires between Texas and New York.

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