oftentimes i just let the day take me
i don't know where exactly i'm going
i just follow the fates

yesterday, it was a most beautiful day
with a wonderful strong wind
i love wind
i really do
it's one of the reasons i love it here
anyway, i walked for a while, talking with my grandma
and then i saw just a slice of the bay down the street
and i knew i needed to head down there
and then, to show me that's what i should do
the bus came right then
and i rode it to the bay
and i got some coffee
and i sat on a park bench near the beach
and i enjoyed the view
and soaked up the wind
then i decided i'd ride the bus to the gym
and it came right away
and i rode the bus to the gym
and i worked out and showered and dressed
and then i rode another bus to the castro
because the bus was there
and then i meandered around
and decided i was hungry
and had a burrito
and meandered around
and spent a few hours in a cafe reading my various papers
when my paper reading was over, i meandered around some more
and a friend called
and i talked with him for a while
when suddenly another friend walked by
and i ended up hanging out with him for hours after

i had no idea any of that would happen upon waking that morning

today, i planned to head over to my sunday coffee shop
the one i go to on sundays because my usual coffeeshop is packed on the weekends
and i can get a really big cup of coffee to go with the large sunday paper that i buy from a newsstand near there
and i bought my paper
and then i was about to head into the sunday coffeeshop when i stopped
and then i heard the bus
and then i thought
how about heading down the street instead
and then i got on the bus
and i went to another cafe where they make great crepes and potatoes
and i sat there for hours reading and eating and having coffee
and then i thought i'd go to a movie or something
but then jessie called
and i ended up at another coffeeshop reading some more
and then i said to jessie
hey why don't we go play racquetball
and he said ok
and we did for a couple of hours
and then we went back to his place where chris was kind enough to make us dinner
and we watched television for a while
and then i made a late-night visit to the store
and headed home to my cat
who missed me

again, i had no idea what i was going to do upon waking

i like following where the day takes you

and i love letting the roar of a bus make a decision for me sometimes too