Merrick: "Mom, when do you get paid?"
Matron: "Friday."
Merrick (SHOOTS UP, LIT): "FRIDAY! You get paid on FRIDAY?!! What are we going to DO! How are you going to spend that money?! Are we getting a new van finally?"
Matron: "Well, no. We're going to pay some bills and buy groceries. As usual. Why?"
Merrick: "But that's an AWFUL lot of money. Don't you get like $XX,XXX thousand dollars? On Friday?!!! We get $XX,XXX thousand dollars on FRIDAY!"
Matron: "Actually, honey, I don't get paid my entire year's salary all at once."
Merrick: "What!?!! You're kidding me."
Matron: "No. It gets spread out all year long. I get a little bit every two weeks."
Merrick: "Why does your college do that? Does the government know about this? That doesn't seem right."
Matron: "That's the way salaries work in America, Merrick. Everybody pretty much gets their money spread out over a year. Inver Hills is absolutely like every other college and company that way."
Merrick (shocked): "That is SUCH a strange system.It seems wrong. I mean, if it's your money, why does someone else manage it? And I was really happy about that $XX,XXX on Friday."
And so goes the slow slide into reality. Sorry, Merrick.
Folks -- it's not $XX,XXX thousand dollars, but it's free. And good! Leave a comment and I'll randomly pick someone to receive a copy of Melissa Westemeier's Kicks Like a Girl.
Perfect book to slip into a purse and pull out in a grocery line, on the beach, at the red light (okay, maybe not that). But I kept reading, stayed up late to finish it, and laughed out loud -- a lot.
Just like I often do in the minivan . . .
Oh that Merrick!
ReplyDeleteI adored Kicks Like a Girl. So ... since I haz a copy, don't pick me. (I can't believe I wrote that because I like winning! In this case, I would like someone else to have a great read too!) :-)
I remember finding out that grown ups didn't just have the whole of their monthly salary to spend on sweets and comics... it was such an upsetting moment, so I have full sympathy for Merrick here!
ReplyDeleteI would love to have a copy of Kicks Like a Girl! And then I would pass it on - because that's what I'm trying to do with a lot of the 5000 or so other books that have come to live with me over the years (many, many years).
ReplyDeleteI adore how your son's mind works, his imagination and logic! And my kids are begging for the same prize: a new mini van!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the promo, you are kind to do it.
I'm looking forward to reading YOUR new book - courtesy of Green Girl! Maybe she'll let me buy a copy of Kicks Like a Girl directly from the author, since I haven't read it yet.
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