i was excited to leave atlanta this morning, even if it was to come to sale city, population very little. it's where i grew up and where some of the people i care the most about call home. riding around, you don't see much but it's christmas time so there are a few 'episodes' to beg your attention. mr. doc's house apparently burned a few weeks back and an old trailer we used to call home has been torn down and hauled away.
things do change here. just not much.
shawn and wendell came up to atlanta last night to get me... we went out to drag idol before hitting the landmark and then bed close to five a.m. the light woke me up at about ten this morning; wendell turned it on to get ready. ironically, he felt the need to pad the truth by telling me shawn had to be at work at three, thus guaranteeing a timely departure. as if i'm the one who's not punctual. ah-hem.
perhaps it was because i knew i was escaping the confines of the perimeter but i woke up in a giggly mood this morning. could be the alcohol that continued to seep through my veins. who knows?
the three of us on the way home were like best friends, catty old women and a bunch of drunk sorority girls at the same time. was fun. there should be more times like that.
jennifer and leslee were waiting for me when i got here. as always, we caught up quickly and began to laugh at all the stupid stuff we used to do. we could talk for days and never run out of hilarious and many times dumb shit we've done in the past. we should write a book.
big news, too... they opened a burger king in camilla! haha. being back home. interesting. i jumped from the couch when they told me, much to their comedic relief. it was burger king that got me excited, nor the fact that it's in camilla now. it was the fact that i was fucking starving and had just mentally salivated over a whopper with cheese in my head two minutes earlier.
nonetheless, it was ming yong's that we decided to eat. obviously everyone in mitchell county decided they'd also try out the newest fast food restaurant in town. the buffet was a better choice, i believe because we all gorged ourselves. that restaurant has to be one of the best ever. mmmm.
back in sale city, i decided to go see my mom. wendell and i had seen her earlier at the - yes, there's only one - convenience store in town. she was sitting in the car waiting on greg. of course, she met wendell... pleasantries were exchanged and that was about it. nothing negative, though and even positive comments from both of them later.
leah and lee, mitch, greg, charles and travis were there... try getting a word in edge-wise with that crowd.
everyone eventually left or went to bed so mom and i caught up on things... found out a cousin has cancer... my brother is dating again... heard all about my mom meeting president carter, again.
and then we watched national lampoon's christmas vacation. reminded me of the family. haha. seriously, i think that could be us.
then multiplicity came on... i'd never seen it but we were in conversation so i didn't think about turning it. the movie is about a man who is so busy he clones himself not once or twice but four times so that he can delegate family, work and personal activities... cute movies but i have a point.
one of the clones is gay. ha.
i'm not sure how my mom feels yet now that it's been almost a year since i officially came out to here. however, i was nervous watching the movie. earlier in the evening, a couple gay references where made but quickly tailed off before being finished. it's disheartening to know that your family still feels such bias and spews comedy about your life yet i feel there is hope by the fact that the comments were hushed by their authors before hitting my ears. maybe that doesn't make sense but...
anyway... my mom laughed through the movie just as i did and normally with me. made me realize that we're not so different after all. also makes me believe she's coming around.
funny side note -- just as she closed the living room door to head to the bathroom, a phone sex hotline for gay men was advertised... talk about great timing. that would have been real fun to sit through and possibly explain.
so now it's almost 3:30a.m. and i'm back at jennifer's. not sure what tomorrow will bring other than some last minute -- or actually the beginning -- christmas shopping.
today was a good day.
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