Sideways Road Trip

I drove to Coalinga two days ago to take over my best friends house and drink wine and laugh it up til midnight. But this is what happened . . .

I knew I wasn't far from Coalinga because all i could find on the radio was 1 country channel, 1 Christian channel, and 9 Spanish channels. I think i was accompanied by the CalTrans road condition guy for some time, also.

I drove into town with the first sight of a black cat taking a crap on the corner of someones yard. Metaphorical or not it was very appropriate.

Then, i arrive at my mom's house and ending the night with grabbing things in the air to talk about. As for the obscene amount of wine drinking - i had one glass and was ready to go to bed by ten pm. My dad and I don't make eye contact til the next day - in which he calls me 'Hey, you' - he never says that! I watch the Dog Whisper and realize i really miss cable TV. The deep, emotional, analytical, best friend talk doesn't start until the night before i leave at ten pm. Our meals the last few days consisted of chicken salad and Italian pasta from Save Mart - twice a day.

Sometimes the much needed life check-ups are enough to provoke you to get your ass in gear.