on my way to bed last night i remembered mom saying there was a meteor shower to be seen.
i grabbed mom after she came out of the shower and we went outside to see what we could see.
right away we saw a brilliant streak of light cross the sky. it was brighter than even the brightest star!
we stood around in the front yard with our heads back, waiting to see another streak, and joking about what the neighbors would think.
i saw a couple that mom missed and she saw one or two that i missed. our necks were getting tired.
my cousin AI parks her car in mom's front yard... so we decided she wouldnt mind if we just propped ourselves against her hood.
there we were, me and mom, leaning back on the hood of a car and watching the stars in our jammies.
we imagined:
my little brother waking and wandering outside to find us there... the indignation in his voice when he asks "what are you guys doing?" and then exclaiming "you are weird!"
the police stopping to see why two grown people were lying across the hood of a car in the middle of the night. my mom would say "officer, could you help us up?"
AI coming out to her car in the morning to find us still there, unable to get up when we finished star gazing. "what the hell are you doing on my car?" again, mom says "honey, could you help us up?"
our hair and clothes picking up the dirt from AIs car... not knowing how long its been since she washed it.
even better... the clean spots on AIs hood from our noggins and shoulders resulting in "the mystery of the crop circle like spots" on AIs car.
we saw a couple more "shooting stars" and decided to call it a night.
previously:
weather or not - 2006-03-07
My Flight - 2006-03-02
poetree in motion - 2006-02-28
ultimate personality test - 2006-02-25
limerick e-trip - 2006-02-22