Drew and I were at my old highschool in Newburgh, Indiana (that's Castle High, folks, home of the Knights and Rafter-man) and discovered we had to walk home. I'm not sure where "home" was, but I had the feeling of dread involved with knowing we had a harrowing journey ahead of us. Unfortunately, I haven't kept a lot of contact with people in Newburgh, and I guess my dad wasn't available, so we started out. For some reason, I have the feeling that Ashley Olsen was with us. Go figure.
Anyway, we started walking and came to this weird swamp area. There are no swamps in Newburgh. It was only about 2 feet deep, but covered in little white flowers and surrounded by these cliffs. People on the cliffs were yelling at us and I remember them being somewhat hostile. Finally, I remembered that New Friend Emily could come pick us up and cursed at myself for not remembering that before. Mind you, New Friend Emily lives in Mississippi and I'm fairly sure she's never been to Newburgh. I called New Friend Emily and told her to meet us at the Dairy Queen on the main road between my high school and any of the 3 houses I lived in in Newburgh. Meanwhile, I'm floating on this boogie board thing on a swamp.
New Friend Emily, my dad, and some lady with 2 kids all meet us at Dairy Queen, where the real trouble begins. Emily ordered a burger with refried beans on top, and when the lady gave us a regular burger, my dad told her that this wasn't the right burger and the lady kinda sighed and said something like "You should have TOLD me you didn't want a regular burger." She and my dad went back and forth for a minute or two, and finally the lady tossed a burger with refried beans on the tray. I then ordered a peanut butter cup blizzard, and she gave me an orange juice. She gave me the same line she gave my dad, something like "That's not what you ordered." I told her I'd leave her with the tray of stuff we'd ordered and she said "Won't hurt my feelings." I actually picked the tray up, threw it at her, and walked out with my motley crew in tow.
After that, I kinda remember being in a nice restaurant and pulling two sleeping children under my chair, but nothing else sticks out.
Weird, huh?
1 year ago
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