novembre ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- the strong one my mother is coming to visit this weekend. she will be introduced to my brother's boyfriend and will attempt to restrain her tears. i hope to be allowed a pass on this encounter. i am witness to too many bizarre and uncomfortable familial happenings already. perhaps if i tick them off my fingers beforehand, i can escape. i am eager for her to see our apartment, meet davey and heather, approve of my lake and my street and my pot-head thirtysomething downstairs neighbors. i am eager for her to approve of my brother's boyfriend, but wish we all could skip to the approval part of this orientation. she'll probably get a little drunk and tell him stories about the time we came home and found my father wearing her silk dress slacks, ill-fitting in ways a daughter should never have to see. 8:49 pm - 04.16.02 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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