waiting for sleep

I worked at the dress shop Saturday morning while MonsterMustDie drove alone to Alabama for his 50th high school class reunion.

He visited his family graves while he was there - his parents, his sister who died when she was a toddler, his uncle who he is named after. Somehow, this time alone, visiting the cemetery was especially painful for him. He never cries over any of them but it hit him especially hard this time around.

He made it to the class reunion. He didn't recognize most of the people there, as I predicted. One woman was still recognizable, who was the prettiest girl in their graduating class according to him. She had taken care of herself over the years. The men were mostly bald, fat, and bearded now so there was hardly any trace of who or what they used to be. 

He arrived late at night at the Soogs house, where he spent the night before finishing the trip home.