People I Want to Punch in the Throat

People I Want to Punch in the Throat

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People I Want to Punch in the Throat
People I Want to Punch in the Throat
We've Come So Far

We've Come So Far

But We Still Have Miles to Go

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Jen Mann
Jun 01, 2023
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It was Adolpha’s first day of camp since 2020—maybe? I can’t remember the last time she went. Hang on, it’s all a blur, let me think about this. OK, I know I didn’t send her to camp in 2020 because of Covid. And then she went in 2021 to work on staff for a week or two. And then 2022 was when she lost her memory and all that jazz and there was no way we could send her to camp. And now this year. So it was 2021 since she went last.

We dropped her off yesterday morning and we were back picking her up by 11 PM that night.

Well, fuck. That was kind of a bust.

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