Let me catch you up [Tues-Sun]:
- Brothers (+ girlfriend of Brother 2) arrive by Greyhound
- We eat Easter chocolate
- And blow up the air mattress
- We go to dinner
- We see Eugene Mirman at the mall
- We see Flight of the Conchords
- We laugh
- I wear plaid
- We visit a 24-hour grocery store and buy frozen pizza and chocolate milk
- Midnight pizza at my place
- Indoor camping at my place
- The next morning is Brother 1's birthday, so we go out for breakfast
- Breakfast is across the street, beside the under-construction cocktail lounge
- We head to the bus station and say goodbye to Bro 2 + girlfriend
- Bro 1 and I meet up with Vancouver friend and old Guelph friend
- Bro 1 gets on the bus
- He should have boarded a train
- Vancouver friend and I end up in a coffee shop
- We chat, just like old times - but better
- We part ways
- I go home and write and write and write
- I sleep
- I go to the gym
- I think about skill sets and career goals
- And ponder the great unknown
- And then I try to tell a stranger about said skills and goals
- I embed a YouTube video and subsequently embark on a new adventure -- maybe
- I fire off invoices
- I do laundry
- I write about Salma Hayek
- I wake up super-early
- I read The Great Gatsby on the subway
- I read The Great Gatsby in Tim Hortons
- The parents arrive
- I get in the van, and later notice it's a new van
- It's moving day at Emmanuel Bible College
- I carry Bro 2's CD racks and shoes and watch everyone else move him out
- Lunch with grandparents in Kitchener
- So we order pizza
- And eat chocolate cake
- Happy 55th anniversary, Grandma and Grandpa
- Happy birthday, Dad
- We play games
- We watch the sky darken
- And watch the thunderstorm
- I'm dropped off in Toronto
- I prepare for KidMax
- I wake up early
- I go to church in the rain
- I teach kids about the Great Commission
- And build microphones out of cardboard and tinfoil
- Microphones double as weapons
- I go home and nap for two hours
- I make Monday's breakfast and lunch
- I catch up on emails
- I go to 4worship in Newmarket
- And sing
- And sing
- And sing
- Jack Astor's for salad and conversation
- Finally home, with this perfect song in my head:
Brooke Fraser is tied with the Conchord boys for favorite New Zealander. But this song doesn't need her. It stands alone.
I feel like I'm forgetting something. But I've been writing all evening and nothing makes sense anymore. I need sleep. So good night.
P.S. Dev Patel and Freida Pinto are dating. So are a lot of other people, I'm sure. But I can only write about one couple at a time. Sheesh.
1 comment:
he should have got on a train!? oh no! all that running and shouting for no reason...oh wait, it was still entertaining.
also, i like that "old times" are now "better." i like that the best is still coming. i really think it is, too.
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