The Girl 3
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Waffles…
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day; right after dinner and lunch. Always a colossal conundrum deciding what to eat. Today is easy. It’s Monday. It’s waffle day. Not that she ever eats waffles anymore, but hell, it’s waffle day. What this means is that Ann makes waffles. Eight waffles to be exact. You see, four waffles are required for breakfast and four will be frozen for ice cream sandwiches after dinner. This was their routine.
God she misses making waffles with Ryan. He was such a great cook. He never measured any ingredient, but the result was always perfection. Conversely, no matter how meticulously she adhered to the directions, Ann’s waffles were basically Frisbees, suitable only for her dog, Sam. Sam is a whole different story. Suffice to say, she has her own host of issues.
After learning of Ryan’s death, Annie was dangerous. She considered suicide on many occasions. The most successful un-success was the aspirin episode. Not being a big fan of blood, self-mutilation and a fear of sharp objects, slitting her wrists was not an option. She also abhorred guns, so no luck there. Then she read on a website that you could actually kill yourself if you took enough aspirin. Perfect. Ann was in the abyss and this was her only way out.
She wanted to do it right. So she put on her favorite music, The Allman Brothers Band, got comfortable in jeans, a t-shirt and flip flops. Grabbed a 12 pack of her favorite beer, Yuengling, and placed in a cooler next to her couch. The website indicated that she would basically fall asleep at some point. If she was going to fall asleep anyway, she figured she should go out drunk on last time. For some reason, thinking back about that today makes her chuckle.
“OK, let’s do this”, she said, and opened beer number one. Just then, as if on cue, One Way Out came through the speakers. Annie smiled.
To be continued…
Song of the Day: One Way Out, by Allman Brothers Band
Waffles…
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day; right after dinner and lunch. Always a colossal conundrum deciding what to eat. Today is easy. It’s Monday. It’s waffle day. Not that she ever eats waffles anymore, but hell, it’s waffle day. What this means is that Ann makes waffles. Eight waffles to be exact. You see, four waffles are required for breakfast and four will be frozen for ice cream sandwiches after dinner. This was their routine.
God she misses making waffles with Ryan. He was such a great cook. He never measured any ingredient, but the result was always perfection. Conversely, no matter how meticulously she adhered to the directions, Ann’s waffles were basically Frisbees, suitable only for her dog, Sam. Sam is a whole different story. Suffice to say, she has her own host of issues.
After learning of Ryan’s death, Annie was dangerous. She considered suicide on many occasions. The most successful un-success was the aspirin episode. Not being a big fan of blood, self-mutilation and a fear of sharp objects, slitting her wrists was not an option. She also abhorred guns, so no luck there. Then she read on a website that you could actually kill yourself if you took enough aspirin. Perfect. Ann was in the abyss and this was her only way out.
She wanted to do it right. So she put on her favorite music, The Allman Brothers Band, got comfortable in jeans, a t-shirt and flip flops. Grabbed a 12 pack of her favorite beer, Yuengling, and placed in a cooler next to her couch. The website indicated that she would basically fall asleep at some point. If she was going to fall asleep anyway, she figured she should go out drunk on last time. For some reason, thinking back about that today makes her chuckle.
“OK, let’s do this”, she said, and opened beer number one. Just then, as if on cue, One Way Out came through the speakers. Annie smiled.
To be continued…
Song of the Day: One Way Out, by Allman Brothers Band
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