4am I wake up to the sound of a box tearing and cereal falling to the wooden floor. The new dog Hachi has, after a night of trying apparently, successfully wasted a brand new family size box of honey bunches of oats and torn the remains of the box to shreds across the floor in my bedroom. One of my nieces is asleep in the dogs kennel and snoring with so much intensity I think the room shook, another has taken not only all my bedding but the bed as well, and the third is asleep peacefully for now.
6am I wake up again to take my brother-in-law to work at the prison on the hill. All I could think about during this ride was the cigarette in his hand and the smoke that instead of going out the window was flying into my face. I mean what the hell is the big deal with smoking?! It is stupid and pointless really. All you are doing is killing yourself, those around you (whether you care about them or not), and the environment quicker. I have been sick and coughing uncontrollably for 8 days now. I can hardly breathe because of the coughing and it seems that every time I actually can breathe I go to take a breath and I inhale someones smoke instead of oxygen! Look people I understand you choose to be a smoker, it is your choice and whatever, fine good for you, woopty freakin doo! Just keep in mind I DIDN"T choose to inhale YOUR poison, nor do I want it feeding into my baby! So when you think I'm trying to force you to stop by asking you not to smoke around me just think about the fact that by not having the respect to go somewhere else or wait like 5 minutes till we get to our destination you are forcing me to inhale.
7am my aunt and cousins walk in the back door which is consequently right by my bed. I suddenly realize we have no breakfast so I drive to Wally World to replace the cereal that is now gone. Our town being as smart as they are decided to put the water treatment plant right behind the super WalMart and Dillons so it always smells of sewage there. I exit the van to let that putrid smell fill my lungs then enter Wally World to let the delicious smell of fresh donuts make my mouth water so much that I decide forget cereal we're having donuts.
8am I was washing the dishes when I remembered I needed to wake my older sister to take her to the hospital then meet up with Mike to go job searching. Amazingly enough, this woman is practically a walking death already hooked up to her machines with IV scars all over, she still manages to smoke 3 cigarettes in the 7 minute drive to the hospital.
Mike was supposed to meet me there but wasn't anywhere to be seen for like 20 minutes so I finally left. Why the hell do people go through all the trouble to make plans and not show up? I dislike lateness, but I absolutely despise no shows!
1pm my mother, younger brother, and younger sister show up. My mother goes to the front room where all the adults are joining in their mass slow suicide routine...aka group smoking. Bleigh!
How do we define those awkward moments between two people? Sometimes we can easily cover it with laughter, a factual statement, a change of subject, or even at times if capable we pretend to have never noticed it at all....but most times there's that awful silence in which no one knows what to do. My little brother, like most people I know, comes to me for advice, answers, and well things that might otherwise be awkward to discuss with others. Usually I am okay with that. Up until recently that is....My eldest brother moved away about 4 or so years ago and then our father moved away about a year ago leaving my youngest brother with only females (my 3 sisters, my mother, many aunts, female cousins, and 3 nieces) near to him. My brother is now reaching the age of 12. He is no longer just facing the fact that he is the "only boy amongst crazies" but he is coming into unexplained..........changes so to say. And of course who does he come to about these so called changes? He comes to me, his 19 year old pregnant sister. Thankfully we are snapped out of this conversation by my younger sister and my eldest sister fighting. I guess I forgot the "saved by the bell" scenarios.
