Autopsy of a Boring Wife by Marie-Renée Lavoie
Author:Marie-Renée Lavoie
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: House of Anansi Press
Published: 2019-01-18T15:35:30+00:00
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In which I take a dislike to leaf blowers
The opportunities for vengeance afforded by Charlene and Blanche should have appeased me; instead, they raised the hackles of an acute irritability that, surprisingly, I had never encountered in myself. Not yet, at any rate. Whether my anger had been dormant or suddenly flourished because Jacques had left was immaterial and had the same result: I ended up destroying something.
Jacques had often reproached me, saying I didnât know how to relax. And he was absolutely right â I didnât. It was a bad habit Iâd developed raising children and working full-time. Even after the kids moved out, and despite the hours of freedom that subsequently fell down upon me like manna, I never managed to change pace. I still ate breakfast standing up at the corner of the counter and scheduled hair appointments in between running errands, housecleaning, paperwork, organizing birthday parties, and helping with this and that. All my free time evaporated in the zeal of my rushing about to get everything done, as if I was afraid of the void. I was continually in awe of my colleagues discussing the books theyâd read or the movies theyâd watched over the weekend.
So now â as much to prove to myself that I could as to calm the rage within me â I decided to relax. I was willing to do anything, to live in filth or eat frozen TV dinners, if thatâs what it took. I would master the art of doing nothing, and let it cost what it cost. Iâd already reclaimed my Wednesday nights.
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