Parents! Who needs 'em?
Saw this post over in christianity, and the only thing I wanted to say was "I wish I had parents to complain about." Yesterday was the tenth anniversary of the night Meghan and I found mama not breathing, the beginning of the Year of Hell and the four awful years that followed it.
I look at my classmates, and I'd say about 95% of them have at least one parent still alive, and most have two. Many of these parents pay for their kids' education, for their housing, for their cars, for their computers, and for their utilities. Judging from the way some of my neighbors behave, they probably still clean up after them and do their laundry, too. It's hard not to be jealous, and not really for the material support, since I like living on my own, in spite of the hassles. It's hard not to be bitter.
Anyway...Easter was nice. Meghan came down to visit for a day. We went to Mass, then went walking on the Big Dam Bridge and the Junction Bridge...I'll say this much, Little Rock is about 100 times more friendly to pedestrians and bicyclists than Wichita, which doesn't have a good system of bike or walking trails and whose government can't be bothered to install crosswalks where needed.
Me and Meghan at the Big Dam Bridge.
On the Junction Bridge.
Meghan and Penny
Downtown Little Rock, from the bridge.
Penny, again.
Yours Truly.
The Arkansas Queen
(There are a couple of pics of Penny and me...but Penny didn't like them. :P)
Also, I'm really sick to my stomach today. I don't know what I ate, but man, there's no way I'm going to class if I have to run to the bathroom every twenty minutes. Sigh.
I look at my classmates, and I'd say about 95% of them have at least one parent still alive, and most have two. Many of these parents pay for their kids' education, for their housing, for their cars, for their computers, and for their utilities. Judging from the way some of my neighbors behave, they probably still clean up after them and do their laundry, too. It's hard not to be jealous, and not really for the material support, since I like living on my own, in spite of the hassles. It's hard not to be bitter.
Anyway...Easter was nice. Meghan came down to visit for a day. We went to Mass, then went walking on the Big Dam Bridge and the Junction Bridge...I'll say this much, Little Rock is about 100 times more friendly to pedestrians and bicyclists than Wichita, which doesn't have a good system of bike or walking trails and whose government can't be bothered to install crosswalks where needed.
Me and Meghan at the Big Dam Bridge.
On the Junction Bridge.
Meghan and Penny
Downtown Little Rock, from the bridge.
Penny, again.
Yours Truly.
The Arkansas Queen
(There are a couple of pics of Penny and me...but Penny didn't like them. :P)
Also, I'm really sick to my stomach today. I don't know what I ate, but man, there's no way I'm going to class if I have to run to the bathroom every twenty minutes. Sigh.