My fathre is finally back at his home - only 146 days since he'd left for a "routine procedure" *sighs*
he's turned around SO amazingly, since in the first months the odds were miniscule that he'd survive, let alone doing this well !
He remembers very little - probably a good thing? - doesn't remember my visiting at all for a week in...
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taking 'advantage' of my temporarily sporadic internet, I've spent the day doing laundry & cleaning up the apartment... during which time I encountered two separate people moving out, who each had 'stories to tell' aka 'ranting to strangers' :D !!
Tales From The Apt Complex (Comedy Edition) ::
1st fellow moving out I'd seen before, a fellow I dubbed "High Boy" due to his perpetual...
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yes, I still have hopes I can do my Great Lakes-Ontario roadtrip
...but if the border doesn't open & places along the lakes Ontario-side don't open, well... that'll put a li'l hamper on that direction of travel
( there's always next year? )
IF I have to shift directions, south-westward is the most likely - avoiding...
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while shopping, 30+yr old w/ his seemingly-elderly mother "mom, mom, mom, MOM, I need THESE..." [waves arms around an energy drink display] "OH MY GOD, Mooom, they have coffee now, COFFEE, MOM! mom, mom, mom, are you listening? Moooom, come back!"
turn on the tv & suddenly hear, as I'm turning away, "...that's 3 inches of wonderful" - have no idea WHAT the commercial was for, as it ended, but - Oi! it had me laughing my bleedin' head off :D that's what I call timing :D
For some reason - at least locally & a bit nationally from watching the news - people think laws & rules no longer apply :(
This could - and SHOULD - be THE perfect time for people to prove they're decent, good people, but the inverse appears to be the case...
ANYways...
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Seriously.
When given the choice between doing the right, let alone legal thing, most people will do the opposite - often purposefully, if not ignorantly.
The purposeful ignorant are out in droves - and either don't understand or don't care how it will affect others :(
I'd make a 'case in point,' but all you really have to...
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personalities, races, nationalities, body types, mental types, abilities & disabilities, social 'status,' beliefs - and lack thereof, etc etc
the majority of my friends I've met in - or within a mile of - Minnesota ... many whom were only in the state a short time :)
which has led -...
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