The Super Ladies by Petrone Susan

Author:Petrone, Susan [Petrone, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Fantasy | Superhero | Friendship
Publisher: Fiction Studio Books
Published: 2018-08-14T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Even when Margie wasn’t working, it was too easy for the days to get away from her. There was a never-ending parade of children and appointments and errands and tasks that it seemed no one but she could do. For instance, she was the only one who realized it didn’t make sense to leave Eli’s dentist and eye appointments until the week before he left for college. The dental insurance only paid for cleanings at six month intervals; going now meant he could schedule his next cleaning for winter break. She was the one who marked the calendar for mundane things like giving Juno her anti-flea treatment because the one time the dog had gotten fleas, they practically had to fumigate the entire house. It was just a little pill that the dog seemed to think was a treat, but if she asked Karl or one of the kids to do it, they invariably forgot or didn’t put a check mark on the calendar to note they had done so, leaving Margie to go into the drawer and count the remaining pills. She kept trying to remind herself that her life was a blessing, that she was incredibly fortunate to be able to give her time to her family. But being held responsible for every last shitty little detail was driving her nuts.

There was something more. There is always something more. She knew all about the problem that has no name and smart women sidetracking their own careers to take care of husbands and families. This wasn’t anything new. This annoyance and dissatisfaction and occasionally feeling that she was leading a life of quiet female desperation wasn’t anything new, but it was her annoyance and dissatisfaction and quiet desperation.

She wasn’t getting hot flashes the way she used to. They still cropped up unannounced. She’d be going about her day when it suddenly felt like she was sitting and sweating in the sunshine on a ninety-degree day. Every older woman she had ever talked to about it said they came and went. Since she made the glass of water boil at Abra’s, she’d only tried to muster up a hot flash on her own once, and that was to open a jar of pickles. It was easier than holding the jar under hot water. That was about the only thing the epic hot flashes seemed to be good for. Stupid stuff. Not big things like righting wrongs and fighting crime. Plus she was still responsible for eight million other shitty little details.

Grant’s twelve-and-under baseball league had games every Monday and Friday evening, which had raised some questions about whether or not he should stay with it, because Karl worried it would interfere with Friday night Shabbat. Growing up on the east side of Cleveland, Margie had had plenty of Jewish friends and exposure to the religion. But as an Italian Catholic, she had never really partaken in any Jewish rituals except for a few weddings and funerals and a Seder or two.

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