An artsy pretencious post
Except that this eggplant is really a van (which is the color and vague shape of an eggplant) and that you're accompaning her on a side quest. During the quest you go through a residential area that you've never been to before, all the while talking about travelling in Europe.
You find out that your step father may or may not be having an affair. It isn't a sexual affair, but he's still seeing someone behind your mothers back. Apparently he's done this before. Your already rather indifferent opinion of him goes down a notch further.
This post probably makes me look like I'm just vomiting my problems on my Flist to get sympathy from them. It really isn't what I want. What I want is to talk to someone about how weirded out I am by all this. Everything's okay, nothing's going to change in the immediate future.
It's dawned on me that I'm not where I want to be in life. On the way home after finding out stepdad was where he said he was, Mom told me about wanting to win this sweepstakes so we could move to Kansas City. I could've gone to KCAI and we could've gotten help with my little brother from KU Med. We could've been in a nice house with space for the three of us and not be financially dependent on anyone. I can honestly say that I like this reality better.
I'm not unhappy though. Not entirely. I got away from a small town where I was miserable, met some people I'm really close to, got opprotunities to pursue art as a career choice/learned how to put a portfolio together, and I like the job I managed to get, gritty work as it may be sometimes.
Though I do want to escape. I always get that feeling, especially at this time of the year. I want to escape to somewhere else for a while.