sequence of txts received from mother:
2011-01-04 8:20 pm
your cat. locked self in your bdrm today. came out mad as hell at me. gorged. vomited. wet vomit. middle of all. no scott-towels. rag. rinsed in toilet. sure wish i had vodka!
2011-01-04 8:27 pm
found vodka. cat lives for another day.
to further emphasize my subtle point:
last night i went into mother’s iphone ‘notes’ to make her a list of things i need from costco. found the following. captures mother (and me?!) in a strange little nutshell.
13 days ago 12 24 7:26 PM
books to read:
- a vindication of love: reclaiming romance for the twenty-first century by christina nehring
- how to be a bush pilot by claudia dey
note: woman in photo is not mother. but i bet she wishes it was. she’s pretty badass like that.
- e.k.
