So I drove to Kingman AZ this morning so that Mary Belle and Erin could catch a ride back to Oklahoma with some friends of Erin's parents.
A couple of things about this struck me, the first was that the guy driving them back didn't introduce himself to me. Now I've spent a few weeks in Oklahoma myself and I've found that generally speaking folks are pretty polite. So I figure the fact this guy didn't introduce himself meant that he was A.) annoyed that he had to stop to pick up the girls, or B.) that he just didn't like me. I'm going to go with the former as he had that "I love Jesus but not as much as I love teenage girls boobies" thing going on. (You gotta love horney old white men too). Nothing I find more unappealing than "Christian" people that don't practice it except when it serves themselves. What would Jesus do? My guess he would at least introduce himself, maybe even shake my hand.
The other thing that struck me was that Mary Belle and Erin are more than likely in for a world of shit when they hit the OKC God Squad again. I know when I was eighteen three weeks seemed a long stretch of time. I don't think they know what they are in for. It hasn't been all that long and the issues that made them leave are more than likely still in place. I hope that they come back soon.
Poor Bad Mary, she cried all morning. I really think about what would have been different in her life if Jean hadn't stolen Mary Belle sometimes. I think Mary would have been a much different person for sure. I’m reasonably sure that Jean is just evil. Time will tell I suppose.
Of course the highlight of the trip was that I actually got see the Hoover Dam for the first time since I've been here in Nevada. That wasn't really the highlight. It's big dam. Didn't really care. I did find out that Mary belle and I have really similar taste in music. It was a shared moment to be sure.