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2002-07-03 | 6:00 p.m.

corduroy licorice was under the weather every day. only a jet flight was going to lift him above that condition.

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as i write this, i'm staring face-to-face with a four-day weekend. there ain't much sweeter. except for maybe a 14-day weekend, but only martians get those. one nice thing about the stressful last two weeks at work is that i feel like i've totally earned this time off. so i'm going to grab it by the balls...just like my new life motto dictates.

another item in the plus column is that my mom and i have been having quite a healthy, evolved e-mail talk about our last uncomfortable conversation. when i let her know how i felt about our dualing anxiety issues, she actually asked me to write up a list of things that she needed to work on.

while i think that's awfully sweet and proactive of her, i would never want to boss my mom around like that. PLUS, one list would inevitably deserve another, and i don't wanna know what kind of "to do" missive she'd mastermind for me. gracias, no.

another nice thing about our conversating is that we're both realizing her focus on me really springs from her own self-doubt and her worries that she could have been a better mom. i think she did a great job. i mean, look at how wonderfully i turned out! see?! my mom rocks. i wish she'd just accept her excellence.

more nice things of late include friends rushing in to support me and offer sympathy, empathy and encouragement over my class disappointment and mom hullabaloo. not only have i been reassured of my overwhelming comedic brilliance, i've also been made to realize what a lovely support system i have. boy, babs was right. people who need people are the luckiest ever.

so i'm off to eat, sleep, watch movies and laugh for hours on end. in the meantime, may i wish a happy fourth of july to those independent types. and happy enabling to those codependent types!

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