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September
28
Jenny
phoned me today crying. BRIAN MOVED OUT!!!
Oh,
my God this is such a shock. They've been together so
long I thought only a scalpel could separate them.
Even
as I was consoling her, I was dying to phone Irene. This
is big news.
It
seems they've been having problems for a while, in fact
that's the number one reason she wanted to use my cottage
in August. They thought it would be good to have some
time alone to sort things out. Her voice went kind of
weird here-- kind of accusing. I could tell she was still
mad that they didn't have the cottage to themselves. She
seems to still hold a grudge about sharing the weekend
with Simon, David, Sheila and me. I refuse to take responsibility
for that. If anyone is really serious about their relationship
they should get a motel room.
They
thought that when they had the baby it would bring them
closer together but it didn't. He said she'd changed.
I have to agree with him there. Jenny used to be a lot
of fun before the baby. We used to go out and have a complete
riot. She was fun and up for anything but once that kid
came along her brain dissolved into some kind of milky
mush. She started oohing and aahing over things that the
old Jenny would have have scoffed at and she started getting
involved in everyone's bowel movements. (Twice at the
cottage she asked me if I'd gone shluffy.)
She
said they stopped being intimate (there you go-- the old
Jenny would have said boinking) a long time ago and she
marveled that she was able to get pregnant at all.
I
tried to comfort her by telling her to get over him, to
move on. I told her "It's not so bad being single.
Look at my life!"
She
started bawling at that. I guess maybe I shouldn't have
told her to move on. I think you have to wait three months
before you're allowed to say that.
Sept
29
Irene
was as shocked as I was, but after we talked for a while,
we both realized we saw it coming a long time ago. We
talked about how boring Jenny has been since the baby
was born. We talked about how smug she has always been
about her relationship with Brian. She used to counsel
everyone else with their problems as if being in a long
term relationship made her the Dr. Phil of our group.
We
exchanged Jenny "know it all" stories and then
vowed to stand by her because she is our best friend.
I
told Irene to pretend she didn't know anything if Jenny
called because I don't want her to think we were discussing
it.
Poor
Jenny.
Oct
1
Sheila
phoned last night completely hysterical. She said she'd
been watching Simon's house and he came home with a
girl about 9:30 and she didn't leave until the next
morning!
I
have to admit I felt a bit of a pang. I sometimes forget
that I'm heartbroken over Simon but things like that really
bring it back. It was bad enough that he dropped me for
another guy , but now he's seeing women again?
That
hurts. I was sure that he would come back to me. Sheila
felt the same thing but she is insane and pathetic.
Oct
3
I
invited Jenny and Irene over last night and we had a ball.
It
didn't start out so well, Jenny came in and spent hours
crying her heart out. We went through 3 bottles of wine
dealing with their courtship alone. Finally at about midnight
I said. "Look, it's gone, it's past--there is no
use crying over skimmed milk. What has happened has happened
and you must move on from here. It doesn't do you any
good to dwell on what might have been. You've got to get
a hold of yourself."
She
looked at me as if she'd never seen me before blew her
nose and said "Jenna, you're right." (Which
I was and I'm just glad finally someone would admit it.)
Relieved that she had stopped blubbering, I told them
what happened with Simon and how he ruined my life. I
ended up bawling and then we moved on to Jack Daniels.
We
decided that Simon and David were scum and that we could
do a lot better for ourselves. Next Friday Jenny and I
are going to gussy ourselves up and head out to a single's
club. We're going to meet men who really deserve us. I
am so excited. I haven't had an unattached friend for
years. (Sheila is unattached but she isn't a friend, she
is source material.)
Irene
who isn't really one of us now but no one had the heart
to tell her, suggested we sing Madrigals. We tried that
for a while and then Irene threw up in my Ficus and Jenny
fell asleep on the toilet.
We
had a riot!
I
am so looking forward to Friday. Watch out guys, Jenna
is officially on the market!
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