she ask ME her question?
zoegirl:
you poor thing! youâre having a hard day, arenât you?
SnowAngel:
yes *sniff, sniff*
zoegirl:
oh, angela. you better go have some chocolate, or better yet some ben & jerryâs. or both.
SnowAngel:
perhaps i will. in bed with my bunny slippers on and a drop of lavender oil on my pulse points for relaxation.
zoegirl:
SnowAngel:
*takes deep calming breath. takes deep calming breath again*
Sun, Nov 21 , 8:10 PM E.S.T .
SnowAngel:
it CLD still be a car. my dad cld be strung out about car payments ⦠cldnât he?
zoegirl:
angela, put it out of your mind. youâre going to drive yourself crazy. now go get that new york super fudge chunk!
SnowAngel:
ok, ok. good night!
Mon, Nov 22 , 4:17 PM E.S.T .
SnowAngel:
*stomps into room and plops down on bed*
SnowAngel:
am i a happy camper? no, i am not. care to hazard a guess at why?
zoegirl:
er ⦠did something happen when you got home from school?
SnowAngel:
i caught my mom talking to my aunt sadie AGAIN, and in front of her on the coffee table was an empty container of maple pecans, which she only eats when sheâs stressed. so i confronted her, and she finally admitted that something IS going on.
zoegirl:
she did? whoa.
zoegirl:
did she say it has to do with ⦠life changes?
SnowAngel:
life changes?
SnowAngel:
omg, do u think my momâs going thru MENOPAUSE?
zoegirl:
menopause?! no, i was talking more about ⦠life changes in general. when people, u know, change.
zoegirl:
but that doesnât matter. just tell me what she said!
SnowAngel:
*groans*
SnowAngel:
what she SAID is that she didnât wanna talk about it w/o my dad and chrissy. so weâre going to dinner tomorrow night, and theyâll tell us then. chrissy and i get to pick the placeâanywhere we want.
zoegirl:
anywhere you want to go? oh no!
SnowAngel:
what?
zoegirl:
nothing, itâs just that itâs so Lifetime Movie of the Week. parents *always* let the kids pick the restaurant when theyâre about to give bad news.
zoegirl:
i remember one about a girl whose parents were getting divorced, and her friend was like, âdonât pick mcdonaldâs, because then youâll never wanna go there again. pick some place you really hate.â so she picked a chinese restaurant and ended up getting sick all over the table.
SnowAngel:
iâm not picking mcdonaldâs, and iâm not picking chinese. iâm sorry, but iâm picking some place really good, cuz if theyâre gonna give us bad news, theyâre gonna have to do it over a super-nice meal.
zoegirl:
and then thereâs that strategy, which is equally good.
SnowAngel:
oh god
SnowAngel:
iâm probably not getting a car, am i?
zoegirl:
well â¦
SnowAngel:
iâm gonna call maddie. i have to tell her whatâs going on.
zoegirl:
chin up, angela. just remember: everyone loves you no matter what!
Tues, Nov 23 , 7:31 PM E.S.T .
mad maddie:
hola, zo. ever since i got home from school iâve been thinking about angela. u figure sheâs left for her big family dinner?
zoegirl:
sheâs probably in the middle of it this very second.
zoegirl:
iâm worried.
mad maddie:
i had the craziest thought about what might be going on. forget the mr. silverâs-having-an-affair theory: what if angelaâs mom is preggers?!!
zoegirl:
what???
mad maddie:
sheâs not THAT old, u know. she could have some eggs left. and maybe the woman mr. silver was talking to was just a friend, someone he could spill his guts to. and thatâs why he looked so nervous, cuz he didnât know what uâd overheard.
zoegirl:
oh man, angela would *freak* if her momâs pregnant.
mad maddie:
it would explain all the hush-hush-ness
zoegirl:
youâre right, it would
mad maddie:
and i really donât think mr. silverâs the type to have an affair, do u?
zoegirl:
iâd be so sad if he was.
mad maddie:
weâll know soon enough, i guess
mad maddie:
in other