my trip back home.

today i took a greyhound bus back to Houston,
so here is a little story about stuff that happened.

I was sitting in my priority seating place with all the disabled people (cause i paid five extra to be able to board first) and i was just sitting there waiting to board, and watching people. First, i was sitting there all alone, and then this blind man sat next to me. then after ten minutes or so, this blind lady was brought to the priority seating area too. I think she said something to the person who led her there, and sat down.
The man next to me kind of adjusted his seating a little, and then said with a lot of "Yolanda?!"
and Yolanda said, "Jose?! what are you doing here?? give me a hug!"

and they hugged and smiled and sat next to each other. And i don't know, i just thought it was really beautiful. Because i guess blind people are just so much more sensitive in all their other senses, and maybe emotionally too. And they just seem so trusting. I just thought, man i have two perfectly good eyes (well i think they're good eyes), and i always second guess myself when i think i recognize someone. But he couldn't even see anything.. but i don't know he just really felt his friend there, and she knew who he was.
Also, when he was brought to the seating area, the person who guided him just told him to sit down and he just sat without looking or feeling or anything. Idk i feel like they just learn to trust themselves and trust others a lot. I think people are conditioned to use their eyes to validate things, see it before they believe it.
I mean that can be dangerous too of course, but still.


when i was riding back, we passed a sign that said, "Thank you for not buying alcohol for people under 21".
I kind of felt like that billboard of gratitude really only applied to a very small percentage of people. Out of everyone that saw it, it eliminates the people that are under 21. And it eliminates the people who are over 21, and don't hang out and drink with younger people. And then of course it doesn't apply to everyone who does buy alcohol for big parties with lots of younger people. So what kind of comes off as a very broad billboard reiterating a law, can only be sincerely appreciated by people over the age of twenty one who have considered buying alcohol for a minor but didn't, or something. I don't know if that really makes sense...
like basically it's just trying to tell you the law. but if you take it literally the appreciation reaches out to very few people. but i guess those few people are the ones who always need the appreciation anyway.