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Amanda’s Long Weekend

August 30, 2008

Amanda moves from her second-floor one-bedroom apartment down the street to a first-floor two-bedroom apartment with a new roommate. Her family assists her with the move, which has been described as “pretty brutal.”

August 31, 2008

Amanda unpacks roughly 12 large boxes full of the following: clothes she hasn’t worn in more than a year, kitchen utensils she has never used, candles she refuses to light, shoes she hates wearing, and speakers for her TV that has no audio capabilities on its own. She waits for the Comcast guy, who initially shows up at the wrong apartment, yet makes up for it by getting the entire installation done in roughly 6 minutes once he actually arrives. Amanda wanders down Beacon St., trying to remember where the Star Market is, and when she finds it, she purchases Nutri-Grain bars and bananas, among other foods. She stays up late, simultaneously talking on the phone and watching wedding shows on WE.

September 1, 2008

Amanda takes a train home and attends Jessica’s wake. She thinks this is one of the saddest days she’s ever experienced. She goes to sleep early.

September 2, 2008

Amanda takes a long walk with her mom in the morning. She then attends Jessica’s funeral at St. Mary’s in Grafton, where she used to be a member of the parish back in the days when she grew up Catholic. Amanda still can’t believe that Jess is gone. She goes to lunch with a group of friends she’s known forever, and listens to stories that prove everyone’s all grown up. Amanda later gets a ride back to Boston with her father. She has trouble sleeping at night.