I awoke this morning to the idea of walking to work… something I’ve been trying to do more of to both save on gas and get some physical activity. It’s about a 20 minute walk and I do tend to see strange things from time to time… but this morning will stand out in my memory for a long time. I was walking past a bunch of houses near the half-way point of my journey when I heard gunshots. Now, it was very obvious these were not real gunshots but possibly coming from some sort of cap gun or even just a children’s toy. I look up and in an upstairs window there is a young boy (who definitely should’ve been in school) pointing a gun at me. I think he may have said something as well but I was too completely overwhelmed by the sight of this small child firing a gun out his window to actually comprehend it. It was surreal.
The rest of the day was pretty swell. I got to see my cousin play basketball in a tournament here. Her team won… the other team wasn’t so good at the whole ‘getting the ball in the basket’ thing. Then I made dinner… but my oven takes three times as long as it is supposed to so I ended up eating something else and I’ll just freeze what I made tonight for another time. The highlight of my evening so far… I tried to make a peanut butter cookie in the microwave… and it actually kind of worked. I have such an exciting life, I know!
