The Silver Linings Playbook Chapter 31

Letter 2-November 15, 2006Dear Pat,First, let me say its great to hear from you. Its been a prospicient prison term, which has been strange for me. I mean, when you ar hook up with to someone for years and thus you dont see that person for almost as m whatever years, its strange, right? I dont k without delay how to explain it, especially since our matrimony ended so abruptly and s providedalously. We never got a chance to chew up things oer one-on-one like civilized adults. Because of this, sometimes I look at maybe its almost as if Im non really sure the septuple Pat-less years hasten truly transpired, but maybe its been however a brief separation that feels like years. Like a solo motorcar ride that takes all night but feels like a purporttime. reflection all those roadway dashes flying by at seventy miles an hour, your look becoming lazy slits and your discernment wandering over the memory of a whole animationtime past and future, childhood memories to thoug hts of your own death until the poesy on the dashboard clock do non mean anything any much. And then the sun comes up and you get to your destination and the ride becomes the thing that is no longer real, because that surreal feeling has vanished and time has become meaningful again. in conclusion making contact with you is like arriving at the end of a long car ride and realizing I went to the wrong place that I have ended up in the past somehow, at the port of outset instead of the dock of destination. But at least I in conclusion get to say that to you, which is important. It probably sounds stupid, but maybe you k nowadays what I mean. The part of my life you once modify has been nothing but highway dashes since you were put away, and I am hoping this exchange of letters exit function to provide closure for both of us, because short I will knife thrust back to the place I was before Tiffany contacted me, and we will be only memories to each other.I can hardly believe how much you wrote. When Tiffany told me you were written material me a letter, I did not expect you to give her two one C photocopied pages of your diary. As you can estimate, Tiffany was not able to read me all of the pages over the phone, because that would have taken hours She did read me the introductory note and then filled me in on the rest, citing your diary often. You need to know it was a pass around of work for her to read through the manuscript and pick out the separate she thought I should hear. For Tiffanys sake, please limit your next letter to five pages should there be a next letter as discipline five pages aloud takes a long time and Tiffany is typing up what I dictate over the phone as well, which is already to a fault much to ask of her. (She really is a phenomenally kind woman, dont you recover? You are lucky to have Tiffany in your life.) Maybe its the English instructor in me, but I feel as though a page limit is lift out. No offense, but lets try to be concise. approve?Congratulations on your dance performance. Tiffany says you performed flawlessly. Im so proud of you Its hard to imagine you dancing, Pat. The way that Tiffany described the performance was actually impressive. Im glad you are fetching an interest in new things. Thats good. I certainly wish you had danced more with me.Things at Jefferson High School are gloriously shitty. The PTA pushed for online grade books, and now parents have access to their childrens grades 24/7. You would hate working here now because of this new development. All parents have to do is log on to a computer, go to the Jefferson High School Web page, enter an ID and a password, and they can see if their kid turned in his homework on any given day or scored poorly on a seltzer quiz or whatever. Of course, this means if we are behind on our grading, parents will know and the aggressive ones will call. Parent-teacher conferences have increased because of this. Every time a student misses a single homework, Im hearing from parents. Our sports teams are losing slightly regularly too. animal trainer Ritchie and Coach Malone both miss you. Believe me when I say they could not fill your shoes, and the kids are worse off without Coach Peoples at the helm. The life of a teacher is shut up hectic and wan and I am glad you dont have to deal with this type of melodic line as you heal.Sorry to hear about your father being aloof. I know how much that used to upset you. And Im overly sorry your Eagles are up and down but at least they beat the Redskins decision weekend, right? And season tickets with Jake, you must feel as though you died and went to heaven.I think its best to say I am remarried. I wont go into details unless you want me to, Pat. Im sure this comes as a shock to you, especially after Tiffany read me the many parts of your diary that seemed to indicate you still swear to reconcile our wedlock. You need to know this is not going to happen. The fairnes s is I was planning on divorcing you before the accident, before you were checked into the neuronic health facility. We were not a good match. You were never home. And lets face it our stir life was shit. I cheated on you because of this, which you may or may not remember. I am not trying to hurt you, Pat further from it. I am not proud of my infidelity. I regret treachery on you. But our marriage was over before I began my affair. Your mind is not right, but I have been told your therapist is one of the best in South Jersey, your treatments are working, and your memory will return soon when it does, you will remember how I hurt you, and then you will not even want to make unnecessary me, let alone try to compensate what you think we once had.I understand my blunt response to your very long and passionate letter aptitude make you upset, and if you dont want to write me again, I will understand. But I wanted to be in effect(p) with you. Whats the point if we lie now?Yours,N ikkiP.S. I was very impressed with your in conclusion reading many of the books on my American Lit. syllabus. Many students have also complained about the novels being so depressing. Try Mark Twain. Huck Finn ends happily. You might like that one. But Ill demonstrate you the same thing I tell my students when they complain about the depressing nature of American literature life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly, like our marriage did, Pat. And literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still manageable for people to endure nobly. It sounds like you have endured very nobly since you returned to in the buff Jersey, and I want you to know I admire that. I hope you are able to reinvent yourself and live out the rest of your life with a quiet sense of satisfaction, which is what I have been trying to do since we parted.