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was his lover.
zoegirl:
maddie!!!
SnowAngel:
i don’t care. i wish the career counselor WAS hislover, cuz believe me, that would be better than the truth.
SnowAngel:
he applied to this one company in el cerrito, and they offered him a position. they want him to start right away!
zoegirl:
el cerrito? where’s el cerrito?
mad maddie:
angela, listen to me. forget el cerrito, forget your dad’s career counselor lover. U R NOT ALLOWED TO MOVE.
mad maddie:
your dad hasn’t said yes, has he?
SnowAngel:
he hasn’t accepted the job YET, but he’s flying us out to look at housing. he’s trying to make it sound “fun.” we’re going over thanksgiving!
mad maddie:
THANKSGIVING?!!
zoegirl:
angela, please tell me you’re kidding. thanksgiving is this thursday!
SnowAngel:
we’re having turkey at my aunt sadie’s at 11:00, and then we’re catching a 3:30 flight to california. our meal won’t even be digested by then! it’s insane!!!
zoegirl:
i can’t believe they just *sprung* this on you. this is so awful!
SnowAngel:
i know! dad was all, “we didn’t want to worry u w/o reason, we wanted to work out the details.” and i was like, “were u EVER gonna tell us, or were u just gonna stick us on a plane and be like, ‘good-bye, old life. hello, el cerrito!’”
SnowAngel:
crap, i can’t do this. my hands are shaking. my whole body is shaking.
mad maddie:
want us to come over?
SnowAngel:
will u?
mad maddie:
of course, and we’ll figure out how to beat this. we will, angela. CUZ U R NOT MOVING TO CALIFORNIA.
SnowAngel:
what about u, zoe? will your mom let u out of the house this late?
zoegirl:
i’ll lie to her if i have to. i’ll tell her i have to go buy new highlighters.
SnowAngel:
plz come quick
mad maddie:
we’re on the way!!!
    Wed, Nov 24 , 4:30 PM E.S.T .
mad maddie:
god, zoe, poor angela. she was like a zombie today, wandering around school with that beat-up expression on her face.
zoegirl:
i know. i feel terrible.
mad maddie:
yeah, i could tell. every time i saw u, u gave me a death look.
zoegirl:
that wasn’t because of angela. that’s because i’m still mad at you about the whole mr. silver thing. i can’t believe you told her i thought her dad was having an affair!
mad maddie:
i’m sorry i’m sorry i’m sorry. how many times must i apologize?
mad maddie:
but c’mon, angela knew not to take it seriously. she’s good that way.
zoegirl:
she’s good *every* way
zoegirl:
i can’t live without her, mads. i can’t even imagine it.
mad maddie:
i can’t either. but i thought about it on my way home, and i have an idea. the silvers will fly to california tomorrow, and angela will tell her dad she hates el cerrito, and that’ll be the end of it. cuz mr. silver can’t say no to angela, right?
zoegirl:
i don’t know. he’s said no to her before. like when she wanted to build a fire pit in their backyard, remember?
mad maddie:
just so we could roast marshmallows, which is such an angela kind of thing to wanna do.
zoegirl:
and then we roasted them anyway in the oven, and the pot holder caught on fire and mr. silver had a fit. poor angela!
mad maddie:
AAARGH, my head hurts. we have to talk about something else or i’m gonna explode.
mad maddie:
did i tell u i almost found a googlewhack?
zoegirl:
???
mad maddie:
it’s distraction therapy. u type 2 words into google. the goal is to get only 1 hit. for example, “toking marsupials.”
zoegirl:
toking marsupials?
mad maddie:
or “phlegmatic weepies” or “crampy dailiness.” or my fave, “crapulent porker.”
mad maddie:
those aren’t mine, tho. i can’t take credit for them.
zoegirl:
huh. pity.
mad maddie:
it’s extremely hard to find a true googlewhack, but i came close. “flatulent madigan” got 60 hits, while “absorbent madigan” got 636. but