from: Becky Breck <becky.breck@gmail.com>
to: Karen White <karen.white@gmail.com>, Lisa Lithe <llithe@gmail.com>, Steph Snow <ssnow@gmail.com>
date: Sat, November 18, 2023
subject: Girls’ weekend!!
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Hi ladies,
Can you believe it?? It’s almost that time of year again — girls’ weekend at the lake!
I just talked to Rick, the owner, and the cabin is good to go — the screen doors are up, the beds are made up with fresh linens, and there’s plenty of firewood. Can’t you just smell those marshmallows roasting now? :)
I just wanted to send out a quick email with some last-minute reminders and to-dos:
Karen, you’re picking up the groceries… steaks for dinner the first night, pancake mix for breakfast, hot dogs and hamburgers for the cookout Saturday afternoon. Plenty of yummy hummus and veggies for snacks, and don’t forget that Steph HAS to have ranch dressing (Steph… remind me again how you’re so freakin’ skinny?). Lisa is bringing along her one true love… Vodka with a capital V! Lisa, hon… if you think you’ve bought too much… you’re not thinking properly. And I was thinking maybe some rum for hot toddies would be nice? (Or is it whiskey? Clearly this is why I’m NOT in charge of the booze!)
Steph is getting tampons, toilet paper, suntan lotion, first-aid kit, flashlights, etc. (Steph, babe, if it’s an emergency of any kind, we’re comin’ to you!)
I’m taking care of logistics. Kayak rentals, Sunday massages, and don’t forget, we’re going into town for dinner on Saturday (so the local boys have something nice to look at).
Now, I can’t believe I have to remind everyone EVERY year, but let’s not forget Our Rules…
– There’s no such thing as a CALORIE or a WAISTLINE!
– NO husband talk!
– NO kids talk!
And for THIS year, I have a new rule, and it’s a biggie…
Ladies... this weekend… JUST THIS ONCE… can we PLEASE stop talking about that night in 2016 when we killed a guy and buried him in a fucking state forest???
I KNOW, Karen… it haunts you every day. YES, Steph, sometimes I wonder too if he was still alive before I backed over him the second time. And NO, Lisa, I don’t think we should maybe just go to the authorities and come clean!! We’ve all heard it a million times before, and like I always say: IT IS WHAT IT IS. We’ve all made mistakes in life, and frankly, rather than obsess about this one thing, why not talk about all the great stuff we all have going on?
For example, I’d love to hear someone ask me about my restaurant! Or my spin class. Or last year, I had just gotten bangs, and NO ONE said anything… It was all, “Oh my God, it’s been a decade and there hasn’t been a day that’s gone by where I haven’t thought about the look on his face right before we hit him,” and “Did you know he had two kids and another on the way?” and “Aren’t you ever afraid we’ll get caught?!”
Ummm… yesss... OBVI!! Have you all somehow forgotten the EPIC struggle I had keeping my story straight when those detectives came by and interrupted lakeside yoga??
So instead of all that, how about this year we talk about how Karen has her first gallery show this August? Or how Steph’s ceramics are BLOWING up on Etsy? Or maybe FINALLY sit down and do our vision boards together like we’ve been talking about forever?
Listen, girls… as the lawyer said, there is no statute of limitations for murder in Nevada. But I AM declaring a statute of limitations on this conversation. Everything that needs to be said has been said. We’ve all read the newspaper stories, we all saw the Dateline special, we all sat in the hospital with Steph for a week when the guilt and anxiety gave her a nervous breakdown.
Heck — Lisa held a freakin’ charity 5K for the guy’s family!! Remember all the vomit we had to clean up? I can still hear her crying now... “His gggirls cccame uppp and gave me a hhhuggg and ccalled me their hero, and all I could think about was how I tooookkk their dddaaadddyyy awayyyy…” DRAMA. QUEEN. LOL!!
Nothing’s going to bring him back, girls. It’s too late!! But you know what? It’s not too late to make this THE. BEST. WEEKEND. OF. OUR. LIVES!!!
AHHH!!! Sooo excited. See you on Friday, ladies!
xoxo,
Becky ♦