Anyway, I worked late, but not as late as I could have. I actually limited myself to 10 1/4 hours last/Friday night, but because indeed two days' worth of work came in in the morning, my boss sent in an e-mail in the afternoon that we could work, get this, up to four hours extra. I probably won't get into it, at least not for now, but suffice it to say, I was torn. But I decided to leave.
I told my folks that I was going to not eat dinner. My original plan was to have Chipotle on the way back. But dammit, I forgot my phone, so I wasn't able to use the app until I got home. I figured I would just go in and leave because there was no reason to stick around if I was just going to go out to eat. So I did.
I thought about letting them know I was home. I saw the light from Mother's office. I also heard the TV blaring from the master bedroom, which obviously was where Father was. I was going to let them know I was here and I was leaving for a bit; I was going to lie and say that I needed to show my co-worker something back at work. But then I realized that I didn't really sneak into the house. A chime sound emits whenever the front door is opened. I think I wasn't loud, but I wasn't quiet when I walked upstairs and then downstairs. And yet neither parental unit got up and looked up at the front door when I came in. It's possible that they didn't care that I came in, but I got the feeling that they didn't hear me come in, and that they were concentrating on working and watching TV instead.
That is weird as hell to me. I kind of find that disheartening to not care that someone opened the door to their house. But then I figured that if they didn't care to see that I came home, why would I need to let them know that I have? That makes me it easier to just leave, which I wanted to do anyway. So I left without letting them know I even came home, which was around 7:45 or so. I ate Chipotle, was given a second bag of chips I don't think I ordered (another story I may or may not get around to), went to Hy-Vee because I needed to buy dip for these extra chips, then finally came home around 10. They didn't greet me when I came back home for the night, either.
Do they care? Do I care? I don't know!
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