space-oddity's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- flying home? just flying by the seat of my pants here. i decided tonight that it's time to visit my mom. i haven't seen her in about a year. i was looking at tickets tonight, and the prices aren't too bad, considering the short notice and all. i'm thinking i should probably just go ahead and fly out in the beginning of august before fall semester starts. with the vacation days i've been hoarding, i'll be able to take about two weeks. !!! also, i did think that i would probably end up having to trek it on over to nashville or atlanta in order to save some mega money, but the fares from knoxville to honolulu are pretty comparable, maybe a $30 difference. so why fuss and try to get a ride out to nashville at the crack of dawn? i think it's worth the money to skip that part. ah, we'll see. it's all up in the air right now. crazy. i haven't been on a plane in a long while. i called tonight to give her the heads up about the plans, and she was acting all frantic about a card she had sent off in the post last tuesday. earlier tonight, i had four emails in my inbox that were all sent from my mom, each having to do with me getting some kind of card in the mail, and all were sent about two minutes apart from the next. yeah, she's never been good with the email. i hadn't really given much thought to checking the mail until i talked to her on the phone, so i walked out to the mailbox and found the card sitting inside. for some reason, clay and i have never bothered to check the box regularly the entire year we've been here. i guess we just assume the other checks it, and because we don't see any mail lying on the counter when we get home, then we just think there wasn't any mail for the day. bah. we're such dorks. anywho, i opened the envelope and my crazy mom had sent me two $50 bills. i don't know why she's crazy. i don't know why she insists on sending large amounts of money in the form of cash in the mail. and i don't really know why she's sending me money in the first place. is it a holiday? is it my birthday? no. is it because i need it? no. just 'cos, i guess. she still feels the need to provide even though she's thousands of miles away, and that's nice. i miss her. she always types her emails in all caps. she says it's because she can't see the computer screen very well when she types, so it's easier for her to capitalize everything, but i think it's because she's only 4'11" tall, and her subconscious is always trying to find ways to compensate for her height. god i should be in bed!! 3:01 am - 06.23.03 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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