Friday, April 12, 2013

3 - apple juice and airplanes


It is hot now. Too hot. Nothing gives me headaches like heat does, but my dad doesn't want to turn the AC on and instead insists on opening doors and windows instead?

I am very ready for this school year to be over. in fact can i just retire from life and become a red panda

My great aunt is dying. She has been like a grandmother to me since I was seven, and we've gone to her house for every Christmas since third grade. I don't know what I'll really do when she's gone. In fact, the prospect of her not being here anymore doesn't really phase me right now. But I know it'll hit me when it happens, and I'll be mad at myself for not loving her enough when she was still alive.

I saw her last Thursday in the hospital because we visited her over spring break. She looked so weak, and she was making these awful noises because she couldn't breathe, and she said she's going to die soon. I had to leave the room.

The hospital she's in is massive. Incredibly massive. After leaving her room, I went down the hall and turned a few corners to leave that section of Emergency, then went through two double doors to get out of the Emergency hall, then walked down a long hallway to get out of the Emergency unit altogether. By then I was in the hospital lobby, across from which was a massive food court. There were so many people. It was like a mall or something. I didn't feel like I could stomach anything, so I got a bottle of apple juice. 

My mom's still visiting my aunt, but I came back alone last Saturday, which involved two airplane trips on my own. I wore a Doctor Who shirt in the hopes of making some friends. My efforts were unsuccessful. In fact, I don't think I spoke to anyone from the moment my mom dropped me off at my gate in Buffalo to the moment my dad picked me up at the airport back home. 

Tomorrow is the Homestuck anniversary, and me and my dad are going to some art thing at a local museum. Also, Doctor Who comes on tomorrow. Also, Vikings comes on on Sunday. So weekends have been better recently.