i don't want to be here, but i can't leave

it was a reunion. my mom and dad and sister would be there, plus a huge assortment of people i didnt' know. family inviting family inviting family inviting high school friends...

i didn't want to go.

i did though, and there were tables and lawn chairs everywhere. the old folks were in the chairs or watching the news, the younger crowd was in the family room downstairs. i joined the latter and had fun entertaining them for a bit, as they toasted with shots and beers and tossed pistachios in the air. after a bit a self-proclaimed "class clown" took over my gig.

time for serving dinner - what a disaster, but i was the only one who noticed. cheeseburgers with gummy excuses for shredded cheddar, corn on the cob which should have been steamy cobs of golden sweet crunchy goodness...they were mushy and white. there was a huge salmon filet laid out on the big table and it was gorgeous! rosy and slightly charred...but when i cut into it to serve myself a piece it was tougher than a cheap steak.

as everyone was serving up, i noticed that the hostess was gazing out her front window. she said "you can see the heat coming in over the grasses. i have lived here all my life and i know what i see. it is going to be hot soon, and the bass in the river will run rich. big catch this year."

i helped with the clean-up and then HAD to get out of there. mom was mad, she thought i would stay overnight but i told her i needed to get home to bozwell -- it was midnight and he'd been alone since 9 am!

finally found my car in a sea SUV's and farm trucks and it was so confusing! i found it finally by pushing the "open trunk" button on my remote, and there she was -- three rows over.

when i got there i saw that i was parked in by a couple of semi tractors -- the part of the semi where they drive it from and sleep and so on...anyway i could not get out. someone moved one of them, but then i saw the second one was so wedged into my white taurus that there was no escaping.

nope, not going anywhere any time soon.