“Surprises are the best. Once, when I was in kindergarten, my mom pulled me out of school in the middle of the day because there was strep throat going around. I hated the doctor and I was sad. But it turned out that, even though I had no outward symptoms, I actually did have strep throat. So I got to miss several days of school, without even feeling like shit. And I got a lollipop.
A few months a”
