Prodigal Son.
I began to fade in and out of consciousness; an image of a 1/4 on a green sign flashed by as I passed out again. The rain was a vast mist that came down hard on the windows. I finally was able to maintain being awake long enough to realize where I was. I am back in Peterborough. I look out the window of the bus to see some familiar sights, like the shopping stores along Landsdowne, the Rotary Trail, and of course the downtown sector. I am listening to the new track by The Killers on my MD Sony Walkman, “When You Were Young, and the lyrics couldn’t have been more appropriate.
So how did I get here? Why am I here? A lot has happened since finishing my last exam for Trent University and then returning home to Oshawa. I get off the bus at the Greyhound station and plant my feet to the concrete. I only had one thing on my mind: Night Kitchen pizza. I call up Kelly to let him know I am in town and will be arriving shortly. I walk to Hunter Street along Alymer and turn around the bend. To my surprise I see a patio outside the Night Kitchen. I am not sure I like this new change in such a short period of time. I walk in and get the lunch special, two pizza slices and a pop or water for $5.50. I get a plain pepperoini slice with spices and my fav slice of feta cheese, leek, and spinach green. I choose the water to accompany the slices. I place my sleeping bag carrying sack and backpack by a stool and sit down with my pizza. I started to smile a bit because I keep remember that time that I came here with Rob and how he said he loves to see me come here cause of how much I love this place.
After the feta cheese pizza I go right into the pepperoni, only this time I do a little local tradition and put a little bit of honey on my slice. So good. I look around the pizza store and admire some of the artwork along the puke orange wall. One is just a bunch of angry black strokes of paint mixed in with some red to balance. Others are just weird abstract paintings of unknown people.
I then walk back along Alymer Street to the nearest entrance to the Rotary Trail which should lead me to Kelly’s house. When I get to Parkhill Road I instantly became shocked at the amount of construction work going on. It looks as though they are fixing the Rotary Trails very make-up. I walked along George and then cut into the small one way side street that connects to Water and then to Kellys house. I knock on the door. No answer. I keep knocking on the wood parts, on the glass parts, and then back to the wood parts. No one comes to the door. I begin to call his house when the door opens, it’s Kelly’s roommate. We talk for a bit and he invites me in. Kelly comes out of his room with a big grin. “Hey man, I am so glad to see you.” He said and we do the handshake.
“Good to see you too man.” I said.
We go into his room and I throw my things down and we chat for a bit to catch up and find out what has been going on since we last spoke. I mention the big camping trip I went on, seeing all my friends and hanging out with them, going into Toronto for some crazy adventures, trying to get a job and the interviews I have been going to.
We played a little bit of PS2 before deciding to hit up Subway for dinner. I was famished. After we finished eating we had to get ready for the big party.
My buddy Nick that I met from Walkhome invited me down this weekend for this huge house party that he is having at his house. I couldn’t say no to it, I really wanted to go back to this city, and I wanted to party. It was Hawaiian themed, but I decided on just wearing a nice stripped shirt. Plus I knew there would be some leis floating around. Kelly tells me the bad news that he has to work today, but he will come for a little bit to Nick’s house. I tried calling Nick at around 16:00 hours and his roommate Alison answers and tells me to call back around five thirty because Nick is out. I get caught up in some PS2 that I didn’t call back until 18:30 hours and she began to laugh because he just left again. I asked her what time people are coming over and she told me between eight and nine.
So we get dressed up and walk over there at around 20:30 hours.
Ok that is it for tonight. Will add part 2 tomorrow.
Peace all.
So how did I get here? Why am I here? A lot has happened since finishing my last exam for Trent University and then returning home to Oshawa. I get off the bus at the Greyhound station and plant my feet to the concrete. I only had one thing on my mind: Night Kitchen pizza. I call up Kelly to let him know I am in town and will be arriving shortly. I walk to Hunter Street along Alymer and turn around the bend. To my surprise I see a patio outside the Night Kitchen. I am not sure I like this new change in such a short period of time. I walk in and get the lunch special, two pizza slices and a pop or water for $5.50. I get a plain pepperoini slice with spices and my fav slice of feta cheese, leek, and spinach green. I choose the water to accompany the slices. I place my sleeping bag carrying sack and backpack by a stool and sit down with my pizza. I started to smile a bit because I keep remember that time that I came here with Rob and how he said he loves to see me come here cause of how much I love this place.
After the feta cheese pizza I go right into the pepperoni, only this time I do a little local tradition and put a little bit of honey on my slice. So good. I look around the pizza store and admire some of the artwork along the puke orange wall. One is just a bunch of angry black strokes of paint mixed in with some red to balance. Others are just weird abstract paintings of unknown people.
I then walk back along Alymer Street to the nearest entrance to the Rotary Trail which should lead me to Kelly’s house. When I get to Parkhill Road I instantly became shocked at the amount of construction work going on. It looks as though they are fixing the Rotary Trails very make-up. I walked along George and then cut into the small one way side street that connects to Water and then to Kellys house. I knock on the door. No answer. I keep knocking on the wood parts, on the glass parts, and then back to the wood parts. No one comes to the door. I begin to call his house when the door opens, it’s Kelly’s roommate. We talk for a bit and he invites me in. Kelly comes out of his room with a big grin. “Hey man, I am so glad to see you.” He said and we do the handshake.
“Good to see you too man.” I said.
We go into his room and I throw my things down and we chat for a bit to catch up and find out what has been going on since we last spoke. I mention the big camping trip I went on, seeing all my friends and hanging out with them, going into Toronto for some crazy adventures, trying to get a job and the interviews I have been going to.
We played a little bit of PS2 before deciding to hit up Subway for dinner. I was famished. After we finished eating we had to get ready for the big party.
My buddy Nick that I met from Walkhome invited me down this weekend for this huge house party that he is having at his house. I couldn’t say no to it, I really wanted to go back to this city, and I wanted to party. It was Hawaiian themed, but I decided on just wearing a nice stripped shirt. Plus I knew there would be some leis floating around. Kelly tells me the bad news that he has to work today, but he will come for a little bit to Nick’s house. I tried calling Nick at around 16:00 hours and his roommate Alison answers and tells me to call back around five thirty because Nick is out. I get caught up in some PS2 that I didn’t call back until 18:30 hours and she began to laugh because he just left again. I asked her what time people are coming over and she told me between eight and nine.
So we get dressed up and walk over there at around 20:30 hours.
Ok that is it for tonight. Will add part 2 tomorrow.
Peace all.
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