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Teresa called from Fire Island, where she ended up calling the police to try to force a defiant Carol out of the house. I was disturbed to hear that things had gotten so out of hand. The police couldn’t talk Carol into leaving, so the war between the women just escalated.

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She was wearing a one-piece bathing suit and had small, high breasts and wavy brown hair, and she moved with an effortless grace. It was a pleasure just to watch her to put her barrettes in her hair; I liked the way she held one in her mouth as she put on the other one.

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Previous generations have their own presumptions about where we should be, saying things like, “When I was your age…” When these expectations don’t align, we feel inadequate. We feel incapable, which makes us feel stuck.

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First off, shout out to my mom and dad for allowing me to move back in with them after I spent all my money and had no where else to go.

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It’s not forever. You will find a job, a place to move, an apartment, a better situation. You aren’t going to die in your parents basement.

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If Stefanie gave me any encouragement, I could fall in love with her. But she doesn’t, and so Mikey and I left her house and walked back to his house via the beach. The ocean looked rougher than I would have thought.

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For the first two weeks, your parents are thrilled to have you home. They cook you homemade meals and you sit on the couch together watching episodes of Jeopardy. They assure you that it’s better this way, because you don’t have to pay rent anymore.

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Back at home means back to old rules.