6/28/45 - 1/1/09

I thought I would share with you a story that my father wrote that I liked a lot:


What I Did This Weekend

By Bruce

This weekend I went to Beth's new house in Fortuna. We went in a great big truck. Jay went too. Jay is Beth's boyfriend. Jay is a grownup, but he acts like a kid. He has a whole lot of comic books and he doesn't work or anything. Jay is Beth's baby's daddy. He isn't Beth's other two kids' daddy because they're Chinese, but he treats them like they were his kids.

The driver used to drive big trucks when he was a Marine in a war a long, long time ago, but I think maybe he forgot how. When we were getting on the San Rafael Bridge, he shifted gears and the engine made a lot of noise and the truck slowed down and he said a bad word. Jay didn't notice anything because he doesn't know how to drive. That's another reason I think Jay is a kid even though he's really a grownup.

When we were almost to Fortuna the exhaust pipe on the truck broke and it got very very loud and the driver said if he got deaf he was going to sue U-Haul. Jay said "What? I can't hear you."

Beth's house is on a dirt road with a sharp turn that has a mailbox on one side and a fence on the other. An old lady that was standing next to the road said the mailbox wasn't supposed to be so close to the road but the people wouldn't move it. The driver said he'd move the bad word mailbox with his bad word moving van. He didn't really do it though. He went back and forth a few times and got by and didn't hit the mailbox and didn't hit the fence. I guess he remembered how to drive big trucks after all.

When we got to Beth's house I asked Beth if I could call Barb and Beth said OK but she wasn't home so I left her a message but she couldn't call me back because I forgot to tell her Beth's phone number.

I like Barb. I want her to be my girlfriend but she can't because she's not allowed to have a boyfriend. That's OK though, because I like her being my friend too.

Josh was at Beth's house when we got there. Josh is Beth's nephew. Josh is a kid but he acts like a grownup. He has a really good job and he makes a lot of money and his girlfriend is a scientist.

I like Josh. If I have a son, I want him to be just like Josh.

Josh paid for the moving van and the gas and stuff with Beth's dad's money. That made Beth very happy because she doesn't have very much money. Beth's dad can't take care of his own money because he's dead so Josh takes care of it for him. That's another reason I think Josh is a grownup even though he's really a kid.

Josh gave me a ride back home in his sports car. Josh's sports car is much faster than a moving van. After we drove a while and we were getting on the freeway to get out of Fortuna I asked Josh "Are we there yet?" and he said a bad word.