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Bean is as finished with this team meeting as I am.
She is so adorable!!
What’s the meeting about?
Falcs have a team meeting every Tuesday at 10am during the off season.
A little of everything.
A lot of the guys are on vacation right now.
I haven’t even seen a few of them since I started.
Today we had a presentation on next year’s sponsors.
Charity/partnership event updates.
Now Danielle from H.R. is talking about changes to health benefits, insurance options for the next fiscal year.
All stuff they just talked me through since I’m new.
So what you’re telling me is there are lots of doodles in the margin of your notebook
Ha. Ha.
Says the guy who spent fall semester fantasizing about my ... hands.
You didn’t even know that until three weeks ago
And haven’t stopped thinking about it since.
ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME???
No. I’m trying to get you to distract me from Danielle’s stupid duck slides.
...stupid duck slides.
AFLAC?
OH
Well
If that’s all I am, a *distraction*…
How do I do the eye-rolling face?
Ha. Ha.
Any good plans for this afternoon?
Dev and Pogs invited me to go out to Wolf Hill Forest with them and Bean.
*Googling*
You should take your camera!
Planning on it.
Am I gonna get to meet your teammates when I’m there in August?
I hope so.
Shitty and Lardo did.
So even if we decided not to …
I want to!
I mean, meet your teammates.
I know we’re gonna talk about the other thing.
My mom said your mom told her about your dad?
That’s a convoluted question. But you know what I mean.
Wait, WHAT?
She did???
That’s … not a good thing?
It’s just … I don’t know
They kept it a secret for twenty years and now they’re telling everyone??
It doesn’t feel fair
Not everyone.
Mom said Suzanne asked her not to tell anyone but Papa.
THEY FORGOT TO TELL THEIR OWN SON FOR TWENTY YEARS.
I’m sorry, Bitty.
Parents are … complicated sometimes.
Have you tried talking with them about it?
I’m not even sure what I want to say
I feel like I don’t even know … I don’t even know my dad anymore
I eat breakfast across the table from him and I think
Here is a man who’s been in the closet for longer than I’ve been alive
And I’m SO ANGRY
But Jack … I realized yesterday, he was MY AGE when he started dating Mama
Which means he was younger than I am now when he last …
I mean, I can’t think about that
I can’t even imagine what it would have been like
To be a gay man in Durham in 1991
You could always ask him.
Coach is a man of few words
IN CASE YOU HADN’T NOTICED
*eyeroll emoji*
My mom says your parents are trying to give you space.
HOW DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW MORE THAN I DO??
UGH
Mom is good at getting people to tell her things.
She’s professionally nosy about other people’s business.
IN CASE YOU HADN’T NOTICED
Fine
Use my own words against me
I learn from the best.
Okay. Meeting’s breaking up. I gotta go.
Skype later?
Skype later!
Send me lots of puppy pictures!!
*kiss emoji*
(Not nearly as nice as the real thing)
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