When my mom approached me and asked if I wanted to volunteer at the food bank with her, my first thought was, “Yes!” But when I found out that we would be leaving the house at 8:30 am and staying until 1 pm, I was immediately turned off. Opportunities to do the right thing present themselves all of the time and more likely than not, sleep is the reason that I turn my back on these great opps. (I can’t help it, I really enjoy sleeping.) So I woke up this morning and decided that instead of sleeping in (like I do every day – I’m unemployed, remember), I was going to get up and go with my mom to help brighten some people’s days.
We got to the food bank a little before 9, and there was already a line. I’ll admit, I was a little frightened, but everything there went smoothly. Honestly, I wouldn’t mind doing it again. It was a great experience and everyone was extremely pleasant. Well, we did give them free food. I’m pretty nice when people give me food.
After volunteering, I was ready to go home and take a nap. It was 103 degrees today and just hot. Hotter than I ever remember it being and I’ve been around a lot of hot days. I was instantly, INSTANTLY, miserable, and to top things off, I was hungry and tired. Of course, this is when my mom tells me of her plan to go to the air force base to run errands. I was a little confused, because it was hot out, I was hungry and I wanted a nap; but instead, I found myself being taken on errands with my mom.
I can’t complain about all of it, because some of it I did to myself. For instance, I got in the car with this woman, I know her, I know that she is not to be trusted, I know that she is extremely left brain and sees the sense in consolidating trips out of the house and that since we were already half way to the base, it made sense to continue on the other half way, rather than bring me home. That may be some sort of run on sentence.
I did benefit a little from the trip out. We stopped by a used car lot and checked out some cars. It reminded me that I have no money and somehow plan to get a car. We checked out laptops. That also reminded me that I have no money and somehow need to get a laptop. We went to the grocery store and I sat on a bench and texted my friends about how miserable and hot I was. I also texted my mom every time I saw someone leave that came in after her. I also left out the part where I made the poor decision to eat Chinese food. I say that it was a poor decision because anyone who has ever been tired knows that it only makes it worse. After eating, I somehow managed to become the whiniest human being ever!
I felt bad for my mom. She had to put up with me complaining all the way home. When I got home, I immediately turned on two fans and plopped on the bed and began, what can only go down in history as, the best nap ever!
We got to the food bank a little before 9, and there was already a line. I’ll admit, I was a little frightened, but everything there went smoothly. Honestly, I wouldn’t mind doing it again. It was a great experience and everyone was extremely pleasant. Well, we did give them free food. I’m pretty nice when people give me food.
After volunteering, I was ready to go home and take a nap. It was 103 degrees today and just hot. Hotter than I ever remember it being and I’ve been around a lot of hot days. I was instantly, INSTANTLY, miserable, and to top things off, I was hungry and tired. Of course, this is when my mom tells me of her plan to go to the air force base to run errands. I was a little confused, because it was hot out, I was hungry and I wanted a nap; but instead, I found myself being taken on errands with my mom.
I can’t complain about all of it, because some of it I did to myself. For instance, I got in the car with this woman, I know her, I know that she is not to be trusted, I know that she is extremely left brain and sees the sense in consolidating trips out of the house and that since we were already half way to the base, it made sense to continue on the other half way, rather than bring me home. That may be some sort of run on sentence.
I did benefit a little from the trip out. We stopped by a used car lot and checked out some cars. It reminded me that I have no money and somehow plan to get a car. We checked out laptops. That also reminded me that I have no money and somehow need to get a laptop. We went to the grocery store and I sat on a bench and texted my friends about how miserable and hot I was. I also texted my mom every time I saw someone leave that came in after her. I also left out the part where I made the poor decision to eat Chinese food. I say that it was a poor decision because anyone who has ever been tired knows that it only makes it worse. After eating, I somehow managed to become the whiniest human being ever!
I felt bad for my mom. She had to put up with me complaining all the way home. When I got home, I immediately turned on two fans and plopped on the bed and began, what can only go down in history as, the best nap ever!
Well, it seems you're having a wonderful time bonding with your folks. and you know if you leave the house do you really want to have to go back out? No, do what you have on your list then go home a relax with your daughter and watch Royal Pains or Ellen.
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