and just before september can sprinkle us with her sweetness

do you sometimes want to just ring peoples' necks? and then realize you can't be serious because nobody but nobody "rings" necks these days? are these people your family members? ever?

i don't know what it is but occasionally i need a vacation from my all-fem fam. and thank sweet goodness that we have a trip coming up but i wish it didn't have to be about getting out of town. i wish i could live a week or two of my life without my mom mothering me all day. and without my sister doing whatever dead-beat things she does all day.

see,

i work with both mi madre y mi hermanita.

ugh.

this makes it so difficult. i mean, families are difficult anyway. (aren't they?) but every day, all day, we're smashed in this tiny office. together.

and it is not a good fit...