An excessive amount of corned beef and cabbage
BW slept soundly under her coverlet, the white noise from her air cleaner masking the otherwise dead silence of her bedroom, save the ladylike snores and the Tourette's profanity that blurted forth from her mouth from time to time. For several nights she had been having trouble sleeping-- but not tonight. At 21:07:36 on March 16 she took an Ambien sleeping pill with her sour milk and sugar-free Twinkie. Half the twinkie and most of the milk were left on her bedside table.
March 17, 2006 02:37:16 MST
"F'ing bitch!" BW barked as she sat up in bed, sweat pouring from her weathered brow. "Julie! Get the hell outta my corned beef!" After 30 seconds she fell backward onto her pillow.
March 17, 2006 03:13:27 MST
"It's mine! Leave it alone! Julie! Get the hell outta my cooked cabbage!"
BW sat up in bed again, this time with an intensity great enough to throw one of her feet out of bed. She stood up, slid her foot into her K-Mart slipper and shuffled to the kitchen. She ran into the countertop and then, robotlike, she opened her refrigerator. The smell of cooked cabbage wafted over her. Five pounds of cabbage and a three-pound corned beef brisket were in her refrigerator, safe from Julie. She started to close the refrigerator door, but suddenly, she was overtaken by a craving to binge on the brisket, which she removed from the refrigerator with one hand while grabbing the ketchup with the other. She gorged on brisket for 15 minutes until nothing was left but the brown strings. She left them in the middle of her cabinet and went back to bed, her garlicky mouth screaming for floss. She fell back asleep.
March 17, 2006 07:26:44 MST
"Oh my gawd!" BW exclaimed upon seeing herself in the mirror. "What happened last night?" She ran to the kitchen and saw the results of her midnight binge-- something she couldn't even remember doing. Instantly she ignored the evidence-- the shreds of brisket in her teeth, the foul garlic breath and the smudges of dried juices on her pillow and face. "Julie has been here," she grumbled, confusing her dream with reality. "She ate my brisket. Now I'll eat hers!"