Learning to Love You More: Assignment #37

Write down a recent argument.

Him: Why didn’t we bring coffee?

Me: We didn’t bring coffee because you don’t have a French press.

(He goes to the box in the garage and pulls out a French press.)

Him: I have one right here.

Me: You TOLD me you didn’t have one, or you didn’t know where it was or something. That’s why we didn’t bring coffee.

Him: No, I said that and then I told you I remembered we brought one when we went to Pinnacles and it was really cold. Then I said that you weren’t there, but I did have one.

Me: You didn’t remind me to get the coffee.

Him: I didn’t think I would find the French press.

Me: You want to argue about this for the rest of the night?

Him: No.

Learning to Love You More: Assignment 11.

Photograph a scar and write about it.

I got this scar on my knee at a Halloween party 2 years ago when I first moved to San Francisco. Wendy and I were sitting in her room and I was helping her glue pieces of cardboard bacon to her shirt for her costume as “breakfast”. I was changing the hot glue stick and drinking. I didn’t realize there was still glue inside so when I pushed the new stick in, a large string of hot glue fell out and onto my knee. When I peeled it off, skin came off as well. It now serves as a reminder of my dear friend Wendy and also as a cautionary tale against using craft items while drinking vodka tonics out of red Solo cups.