see the road

soon i will be leaving with my brother to head to the detroit area to be with family before my grandmother dies, which will be in the next few days. she's been in hospice since tuesday night and we're pretty much just waiting this out. ...i don't know what to expect for today. my dad left home when he was sixteen, so my relationship with his side of the family has been on and off again. so i guess i'm saying that i don't really know them that well. my cousin jamie has changed a lot, everyone says. good changed, they say. she's living with her boyfriend's family because her family is so messed up...sort of like my dad did, lvling with my mom's family because his family was so screwed up. my grandfather isn't going to be taking things well. he's the most distrusting and mean-spirited person i know. and he chews with his mouth open, to add to his list of virtues. i wonder what he'll do once she's gone.... mostly, i don't know what to expect from my dad. probably because i don't really think he knows how to feel about the situation. obviously he doesn't have the best relationship with his parents, so in some sense i think he'll be absolutely relieved to not have to deal with his mom anymore. she just kept hurting him, again and again, withholding conversation with him or telling him she'd come visit us grandkids and then not showing or telling rumors about my dad. what kind of mother does those things? and how did my dad turn out so darn solid? ...we'll see what story unfolds...

on a lighter and more ridiculous note, have i ever mentioned Rocky the miniature pit bull who lives downstairs? rocky holds the personality of a two-year-old. most days, his evil deeds are manageable. but some days i think he must be possessed or something. FOR EXAMPLE, in the normal course of a day, his misdeeds might include the following:

1. yipping at ev-er-y sin-gle passerby (with yippage occuring approximately every 34 mintues, i've done the math)

2. yipping at ungodly hours of morning (i've also done my homework on this one. 'yipping hour' begins on average at 7.57am. you wonder why i can be out of sorts and cranky in the mornign? ...yeah...)

3. and picking fights with teemu the chocolate lab (also lives downstairs). fights typically involve lots of yipping.

right, so we've concluded so far that rocky's main vice is yipping. which doesn't prove that he's possessed. at least not yet. but there's more. ...last night, as i was returning home from my lil' birthday party and was pulling into my driveway, rocky was out for his evening potty break when...insanity overcame this little menace and he made a beeline for the underbelly of my car!!! i had to slam on my breaks in order to not run him over. seriously, either this dog is just really stupid and or truly possessed by something very dark and evil.

random fact: penguins can jump 6 feet high.

it's time to leave now. see the road. see lots of road.