Today as I drove the bff home after our last Hamilton Fringe show of the year (I hope you got out to see some shows, this year's offerings were exceptional!) we noticed a tiny winged, moth-like bug on my wind shield. We followed his progress across the glass at stop lights, and laughed at how he stopped when I was driving.
I named him Peter.
And I told my bff that I always felt bad for the bugs that get stuck riding my wind shield. I always imagine that they have families and children that they have to take care of. And when they hop on my car they wind up in a completely different part of the city! How are they ever going to get home? They're so tiny, and I take them so far away. I feel bad.
Then I told the bff about Bob. Bob the bug was a friend I made in Cuba the last time I was there with the fam. A giant, praying mantis type of bug. I mean, not a praying mantis, because they don't have those in Cuba, but, like, a Cuban version of a praying mantis (Bob was short for Roberto). He showed up the second to last day in the middle of my doorway and just never left.
On our last day we got a late check-out on one room, my room, so we had someplace to put all the bags until the bus left for the airport. And I had to keep telling my family to watch Bob, don't squish Bob, and oh god dad pick up your suitcase 'cause you're gonna roll over Bob!
He joked that I should try to pack Bob to come home with me since we'd become so close. I explained my elaborate back story about Bob. About how his wife was used for bait in some deep sea fishing and now he had to take care of their 27 baby-manti. All six family members now lounging in my room looked at me as though I'd just grown as many eyes as Bob.
Apparently thinking about what might be going on in a bug's life is strange. I wonder how they'd look at me if they knew I did it for the people I see on the street too?
Oh, and for those who were wondering, Peter got off at the Tim's around the corner from the bff's. I think he wanted an Ice Capp for the flight home.
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