People I Want to Punch in the Throat

People I Want to Punch in the Throat

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Happy Labor Day! You’re probably reading this on a boat or a beach somewhere. Maybe you’re floating in a pool or scarfing down burgers and hotdogs by a campfire. Or maybe it’s Tuesday because you don’t check your email on a holiday. In that case, welcome back to hell—I mean work.

My Labor Day is pretty much like all my other days. Because I don’t work in a traditional office (or own a lake house), I always forget that long weekends exist.

But this weekend, I treated it like it was a holiday weekend and it was kind of crazy. I did ALL THE THINGS.

So, let’s start with Friday. No, Friday kind of sucked. It was full of doctor appointments (just follow-ups, no worries) and then Adolpha’s friend was like, “Let’s make a movie tonight!” and so she was off. Except, she still isn’t driving much, and definitely not at night, so I had to wait up and be her chauffeur (the Hubs had to work all day Saturday, so I had night duty). I started watching A Discovery of Witches, which was a fabulous trilogy BTW, and I got hooked. I think the TV adaptation is pretty good, or it’s been so long since I read the books, I can’t tell what they fucked up. Either way, it kept me awake and occupied until Adolpha called for a ride.

They’d been filming on a local college campus and when she called she said they were done for the night and “near the library” as if I knew where the library was. So, I loaded up my GPS and set off into the night to try and find her. (This is where Apple people will be like, “She should have dropped a pin!” I don’t know what that means. I have an Android. I’m that person that fucks up your group texts. You’re welcome. Maybe Android has a pin-thing, but I don’t know. Normally, I deal with people who know where they are and where they’re going. Ahem, Gomer.)

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