Revisit the Personal History by David Sedaris, on storms, repairs, and family:
call them?” Hugh asked. “I filled out all the insurance forms. I see to all the bills and taxes, so how aboutI didn’t respond, but just sighed, knowing he wasn’t serious. The last thing Hugh wants is me taking care of something. I wouldn’t have paid him any mind, but Gretchen was in the room. I don’t like seeing my relationship through her eyes. That said, Ilike seeing my family from Hugh’s vantage point.
It’s hard to imagine Gretchen’s boyfriend crabbing at anyone. She and Marshall have been together almost as long as Hugh and I have, and I can’t think of a gentler guy. The same can be said of Paul’s wife, Kathy. My brother-in-law, Bob, might get crotchety every so often, but when he snaps at Lisa for, say, balancing a glass of grape juice on the arm of a white sofa, we usually think, Well, she kind of deserved it.
I like coming to Emerald Isle in May. It’s not too hot then, and most everyone in my family can take a week off. Ditto at. August, though, is definitely something I do for Hugh, a sacrifice. The heat that month is brutal, and the humidity is so high my glasses fog up. At home, in Sussex, I’d happily be walking twenty-two miles a day, but at Emerald Isle, at the height of summer, I’m lucky to get fifteen in, and even then I really have to force myself.
On Emerald Isle this August, it was German I was muttering. I might have picked up an occasional bit of trash, but I wasn’t carrying any equipment, just ziplock bags of hot dogs or thick-cut bologna to feed the snapping turtles in the canal.
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