/sci/ - Science & Math

>>4505686
my idea of running away from home when i was in second grade was to hit the woods
i knew i could steal from stores if i had to
or find sympathetic persons to mooch off of
but i would need no shelter that i could not make on my own
the 70s were simpler times
and it does not get so cold there that life is at risk
i had already lived in extreem cold and knew how to dress
leesville area was practicaly tropic by compareson

never did run away though
got packed and headed out to the woods only to look back and see that once mom realized i was not bluffing she broke down and sat on the curb crying
i went back mad as hell and sat beside her saying 'aww hell woman' like something out of a clint eastwood flick

but by the thrid and fourth grades i would take day long walks in the woods just to go see a lake

looking to google earth i see i was walking about 17 miles from my house straight through the woods and turning around to go home
all without a compass
which of course i owned and knew how to opperate
dad was a seargent in 1950
he had shown me that and much much more by that age
he had fought soldiers younger than me and not a day went by without that intensity burning its mark on everything we did

by third grade i moved my sights though
spoted a corvette
knew from kits how the electronic ignition worked
figured the lock was the weak spot though
first plan was to simply force with screwdriver
of course i was too short to drive
so i talked my brother into 'wanting to'

that was my backup plan if shit ever got wicked enough that i needed to relocate

where to go?
grandmother of course
she had connected with me before the cia
she at 3
they didnt get serious till 5
and she had cut a deeper groove

have i left the realms of philosophy
and platitudes yet?