What and whom? I think I'll swoon.

Things R getting a lil odd @ Redd Hott Bajan Mamma's, here in Barbados, but @ least I M in Barbados. Duncan, I will put my $ on Perdita dumping Arne Friday. She seems 2 B getting more annoyed w/him every day. NEway, I got another Liz-mail:

April,

It's Tuesday, so I get to tell you stuff @ least, um, one, two, three, four, five.... Five times, including today. Yay, me! I rule, Mike drools!

So I know you and all your readers are just dying to know what happened when Anthony and I got together the next day, after that night Warren came by when I was grading tests. By the way, I never finished grading my tests and I had to tell my students they wouldn't get their tests back for another day. But I told them, "It's Warren Blackwood's fault, so don't blame me." They looked a little confused, but at least they dropped the subject.

Anthony and I were in his car, and I had just finished begging him to believe what I had told him about Warren, on the phone the night before. Anthony said, "I believe you, Liz.... Why shouldn't I? You didn't ask Warren to come to your apartment--and while he was there, nothing happened. You asked him to leave, and that's it." And I realized that I never told Anthony that Warren left his job to be with me and was trying to pick up where he left off with dating me. So that wasn't exactly "it," but I said, "That's it." Better not to confuse things. Let Anthony think Warren just showed up, said, "I quit my job and I'm depressed," and that I told him right off, "It's late and you have to leave." Better to let him think I never made coffee and we never had our painful, awkward talk.

Next, Anthony said, "Elizabeth. You're free to talk to whomever you wish. I want you to be yourself--and I want you to be SURE. I asked, "Sure about what?" And out of the corner of my eye, I noticed Anthony had gone into silhouette, and his silhouette looked fat and middle-aged. Silhouette-Anthony said, "About what you WANT." Then he went back to being regular-Anthony and added, "And whom."

I shut my eyes while pointing my face upwards and closed my eyes, because Anthony use of "whom" reminded me I had to make a lesson plan on "who" and "whom." And then I started to worry that maybe Anthony was using the word pointed-like, because maybe when I was begging him to believe me about Warren I misused "who" or "whom." When you're a teacher, people are always trying to stick you for making mistakes like that. And when you teach grade four, people expect you to know all your subjects. It's so stressful, April, I can't wait until I'm married and can quit my job to focus on being a married lady and taking care of kids and a house. Like Mom when Mike and I were little.

Liz

Oh, Liz. Liz, Liz, Liz. Can't you get to the interesting part of this story? If, you know, you have one?

Apes