As the Devil's advocate my role is to work for him to point out everything that could go wrong with the previous post, in case you found it (as I did) pretentious, lofty, tone-deaf or whatever range of beautiful, introspective compliments I read on my mails when I deign to venture into them, as I did today blindly, stupidly in an attempt to distract myself.
Firstly, I am lactose intolent, and so all of this camembert needs to go.
Secondly this house is full of recovering alcoholics and close-to-becoming alcoholics and so all this champagne? It needs to go.
Thirdly I have no earthly idea what anyone actually got for Christmas because of the private exchanges, I'm tired of the dim lighting, dead batteries from lanterns and melted, dried wax on everything from candles (not to mention the massive fire hazard) and sometimes a girl just wants to have a big ol' blistering bubblebath by herself.
Fourthly, guess who just informed us he needs to be on a plane by midafternoon to put out a fire somewhere else?
That would be Ben, who still sometimes can't figure out what 'family' means.
But it's okay, for my advocacy on his behalf, the Devil has gracious agreed to take Ben's place until he returns.
Firstly, I am lactose intolent, and so all of this camembert needs to go.
Secondly this house is full of recovering alcoholics and close-to-becoming alcoholics and so all this champagne? It needs to go.
Thirdly I have no earthly idea what anyone actually got for Christmas because of the private exchanges, I'm tired of the dim lighting, dead batteries from lanterns and melted, dried wax on everything from candles (not to mention the massive fire hazard) and sometimes a girl just wants to have a big ol' blistering bubblebath by herself.
Fourthly, guess who just informed us he needs to be on a plane by midafternoon to put out a fire somewhere else?
That would be Ben, who still sometimes can't figure out what 'family' means.
But it's okay, for my advocacy on his behalf, the Devil has gracious agreed to take Ben's place until he returns.