hokie

I don’t usually get to spend a lot of time with my dad because he’s always on a business trip or I’m busy off doing something non-parent related.
So yesterday I got some time to hang out with him, and by that I mean our day went like this:
*phone rings*
I’m still in bed, not making any effort to even try to answer it; they can call back later or leave a message. However, the phone stops ringing after only two rings; meaning someone had answered it. I heard a voice
“Hello?”… blah blah blah…
Apparently my dad was home too, keeping in mind this was a Friday, I found it very peculiar. So I decided to get up and go downstairs for some breakfast and see whats up…
“hey dad how come you’re home today?”
“hello Jennifer, why are you home?”
“I skipped sch… I wanted a father-daughter day of course!”
“I didn’t even know I was going to be home today... how would you?”
“I must me psychic.”
We sat down and ate breakfast together, which never happens anymore so it was really nice to chat with him for a while and catch up on each other’s lives.
At about 1:00pm:
“hey dad, want to go to Starbucks?”
Him not really wanting to go anywhere or do anything on ‘his day off’ responded “I don’t feel like spending $20 for coffees, and I don’t want to go anywhere”
“I’ll buy, I’ll even drive”
“uhh… Alright”
So we proceeded to Starbucks in Brampton because they have Chapters, and Milton does not. My dad used the wireless internet to do some work even though he wasn’t ‘working’, so I took my time browsing all the books I was too broke to purchase. I read one, a few short stories, and the beginnings of many. (To say the least, I love being in book stores, I used to hate reading as a small child; but now wish I made more time for it.)
Anyways, every half hour or so, I’d wander back to my dad sitting in the Starbucks area, chat, and go back to reading books. We then left after spending 2 and a half hours there. And I thought it was a pretty good day. My dad is a pretty cool guy, and I sometimes forget that because we don’t get to see each other much.

(On a side note, with the various books I started to read I gained a new appreciation for many things and lost respect for others. They got me thinking about so many different things it was awesome.
I’m going back with Rachel on Monday to buy one of the many books I was checking out, I have yet to decide on the one I want, but I am excited for fresh text!)