10:45am
baKo still!
couldnt catch
amtrak back to sf.. some bridge is out and there wont
be any services to sf till fRi. so moM. an i came back
home..
after a quick
tRip to taC.o bell...
gonna check
flights and then greyhound to sf after this smoke. i fly
back to chicago tomma morn from sf... so i really need
to get there... although i would like to hang out more
with moM. i didnt get to the storage shed this time..
moM. wasnt feeling very well and we took it easy .. we
took cHurch in yesturday to the vet and relieved that
he will be ok ... he picked right up last nite and wHas
walking around more this morn.
11:45am
moM.'s calling
greyhound to reserve some tickets on the 2:20pm bus outta
baKo... a 6 hour 50 minute dRive to sf... alot cHeaper
than flying... $37 vs. $240 .. direct too!..
so i will be
a little later arriving in sf for keN.'s b-day party.
but at least i will get there for a few sPanks..
12:15pm
already almost
at the eNd of my "california re-opening of the golden
gaTes re-union trip"... got to giVe alot of people
hugs out here and so many more that i didnt.. more trips
out here.. got to keep my californian roots.. i told moM.
maybe after the first of tHe new year i would return and
focus on getting the rest of tHe stuff from slo to the
sTorage sHed here in baKo. get everything together in
one place. sTart sortin' it.. by early next year i will
know more of wHat i would like to do with all my sTuff.
a lifetime
of miCheal reX. booth growin' up in sf is held there..reaD.y.
1:00pm
haVin' my last
sMoke before moM. and i head over to the gReyhound station.
iM. really happy i got to see her.. i missed so much..
sHe has more to do with me missing califoria.. sHe seems
content here with julia who i think makes a great friend
for her.. eVeryone needs a good friend. tHey are thinking
about moving to boise, ID next fall after juLia retires
in may.. either that or henderson, NV. near las vegas..
it's good that moM. still has her plans . i will back
her up whatever she decides..
im gonna miss
her .. leavin' in a few...
6:40pm
oN. the good
ol' gReyhound.. a couple more hours to go before we arrive
in sf.. i forgot how smelly these buses are! i shouldnt
have sat wHay in the back near the pot.
ugggh!
just came outta
there and almost passed out from the rank! but soon enuff
i will be huggin' my buddy geNe who's meetin' me at tHe
station and then after a smoke a quick ride to keN's caS.a
(aka: the caS.a de coZ.y).. to give hiM. his b-day kiss
and hug.. the last thing before i leave in the morn and
head back to cHIcago...
tHis morn i
wHas telling my moM. that i wHas homsic.. funny.. cause
i have been homsic for california and now that im here
for a week.. im reaD.y to be at hoMe.. with the kiTTs..
and back in my own beD.