A Long Way From Home

Last night i was stuck in Riverside. It seems I over looked the fact that it takes 5 hours to get to Stanford from Riverside and didn't start out until early morning. I was driving in the part of the city near UCR and I found a cute little motel, very funky and home like. I went and asked for a room and a very nice lady showed me an absolutely filthy room. Crumbs on the floor, bed unmade, shoes everywhere! But she was so nice, she offered me some cooked chicken and I told her oh no I don't eat meat.

Anyway I got myself out of there and found that across the street the orange groves were torn down and there was a row of those skinny three story townhouses, very fancy, lots of "granite counters" and "hardwood floors". But they were all for sale because no one in Riverside had any money.

So I went to the Mall and met up with Dennis and you at an upscale food court looking out some big windows onto the traffic mess that is Riverside. We had a drink and left the mall. A nice young man offered to drive me and I accepted, Dennis followed. I thought he was a nice young man, but he drove me to the end of a dead end street and tried to rob me. Silly boy, he was half my size and Dennis drove up, picked him up by the scruff of his neck and shook him. He started to cry.

There was a lot more like mobs of teenage girls in ugg boots and hair teased and hair sprayed to outrageous lengths. Only good thing was that it was warm, like melted chocolate, and the night was dimming but not dark like summer nights, and the smog made the sunsets beautiful.

I decided to take a flight back to Stanford so I wouldn't be late, but I was a little late and my staff were given their notice and final checks. I said they can't fire you without me, I'm the manager, but indeed they could. The only got 199.99 in severance.

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