Work in Progress - Marianne's Latest

Marianne munches on iceberg lettuce and tells me about her new love affair with Keto.  She can't decide whether the carbs in a couple of carrots will bust her day long try of a sample plan.  And she says she and Chabichou (her latest boyfriend) are going out again in few days, she wants to wear her skinny jeans. 1

"Didn't you have toast for breakfast?" I ask.

"I’m dreaming bread.”  We talk about going to the bakery a mile away and bringing home sugar cookies like she and I used to gobble up. 

"How many days until Christmas?"

"Halloween is closer," she says.  And she tells me she’s cheating on Keto Halloween night.  The mother I remember, (scary Keto diet monster has disappeared for the moment.  Marianne says I can make dinner tonight, whatever it is). 

                                                           

Giada De Laurentiis from The Food Network is our new best friend.  Giada comes over and makes Marianne and me lasagna made from semolina flour (candy according to Keto).  The only vegetable is the tomato sauce and inside everything else is gently processed from a chubby cow.  Both of us go back for seconds. 

  

When Marianne goes on her date with Chabichou, her skinny jeans still fit.  

1.      Chabichou: (Say it “Shab-bee-shoe,” he says).   Marianne’s latest guy.  The last time we all went out, he lectured me.  “Mold is flavor, and healthy too."  I don't believe him, but it reminded me of Vandee's class.  I started thinking about Beast and the day he invited me over after what Vandee said about how my stiletto’s messed up the lab.  I couldn't finish the salad course, refused to eat any of the Roquefort minus the 't' cheese with all its supposed sharpness in the blue veins.  I wasn't feeling up to it, and I told Chabichou, “Marianne hasn’t picked up a pot or pan in months.”

You blame Marianne for not cooking, for George leaving, for your dead boyfriend, Chabichou said.  But Marianne says he never said these things, that it was Mean Girl noise again.