moment was just for me. And for maybe three seconds I liked her again.
10:35 AM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE But then in the place we ate breakfast I was looking at my e-mail for a sec. & I heard Mom saying to the waitress, We apologize for her.
10:37 AM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE I guess the waitress was standing there waiting for my order and I didn’t notice.
10:40 AM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE But I didn’t sleep all night and I was tired and zoned out and that’s why I didn’t notice, not ’cause I was looking at my phone.
10:42 AM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE And Mom had to trot out her stories about being a waitress herself and that it was demeaning not to be acknowledged.
10:45 AM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE Just to rub it in. And she can be completely right and I can still hate the way she makes me feel like shit at every opportunity.
10:46 AM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE I napped, but I don’t feel better.
4:55 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE Dad of course has to go the slowest possible route by way of every back road. Mom says he missed a turn and added 100 miles to the trip.
6:30 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE Now they’re fighting. OMG I want out of this van.
6:37 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE Eric, I am psychically willing you to find some reason for us to get off the road. Put on the pantyhose again. Say you have to pee.
6:49 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE Anything. Please.
6:49 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE No no NO Eric, no. I wanted you to think up a GOOD reason not to get off the road but not this . . . this is going to be bad.
6:57 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE Mom doesn’t want to pull over either. Write it down, kids, first time in two years we’ve agreed on anything.
7:00 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE Oh Dad is being a prick now. He says there was no point in taking back roads if we weren’t going to find some culture.
7:02 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE We are driving up to something called the Circus of the Dead. The ticket guy looks really REALLY sick. Not funny-sick. SICK-sick.
7:06 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE Sores around his mouth and few teeth and I can smell him. He’s got a pet rat. His pet rat dived in his pocket and came out with the tickets.
7:08 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE No it wasn’t cute. None of us want to touch the tickets.
7:10 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE Boy, they’re really packing them in. Show starts in 15 min but the parking lot is ½ empty. The big top is a black tent with holes in it.
7:13 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE Mom says to be sure to keep doing whatever I’m doing on my phone. She wouldn’t want me to look up and see something happening.
7:17 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE Oh that was shitty. She just said to Dad that I’ll love the circus because it’ll be just like the internet.
7:18 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE YouTube is full of clowns, message boards are full of fire-breathers, and blogs are for people who can’t live without a spotlight on them.
7:20 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE I’m going to tweet like 5 times a minute and make her insane.
7:21 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE The usher is a funny old Mickey Rooney type with a bowler and a cigar. He also has on a hazmat suit. He says so he can’t get bitten.
7:25 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE I almost fell twice on the walk to our seats. Guess they’re saving $ on lights. I’m using my iPhone as a flashlight. Hope there isn’t a fire.
7:28 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE God this is the stinkiest circus ever. I don’t know what I’m smelling. Are those the animals? Call PETA.
7:30 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE I can’t believe how many people there are. Every seat is taken. Don’t know where this crowd came from.
7:31 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE They must’ve had us park in a secondary parking lot. Oh wait, they just flipped on a spotlight. Showtime. Beating heart, restrain yourself.
7:34 PM – 2 Mar from Tweetie
TYME2WASTE Well, that got Eric and Dad’s attention. The