Narrator's Romantic Relationships
The thing the narrator and her student hate doing, but do anyways
What is bowling?
The best friend decides to do this to fix her marriage
What is go into counseling
The narrator says she doesn't want this as an explaination for her not wanting to marry Eric
What is to be congratulated
The thing written on the narrator's magnet from her mom
What is Best Dogsitter
Chu Xi is this
the ability to succeed
The narrator's response to Eric's email
What is delete
The phrase the best friend's husband uses over and over
What is our daughter
The narrator remembers this detail of when Eric met her parents, something that Eric did in an attempt to make the narrator happy
What is spoke Chinese to the narrator's mother
The narrator cures her dog of this common trait
What is vacuum cleaner phobia
The narrator's name for her grandmother
what is ah bu
Eric calls the narrator this, which she initially hates but later comes to terms with
What is a cloud
The baby in another life was this animal
what is a spider monkey or possum
The narrator's father dedicates his PhD thesis to these two peopne
What his his wife and daughter (the narrator)
The narrator is nervous to do this with the dog after first getting it
What is take him back to Michigan
The Chinese phrase about love between family members
What is I hurt for you
The narrator and her student do this outdoor activity that she is surprised he agreed to
What is shovel snow
What is and aluminum heart paperweight
The narrator's father accuses the mother of doing this in one of thier arguments
What is running off with another man
The dad does this when the dog cries at night
What is sleeps on the floor next to him
This word substitutes for 'cheese' when taking photos
What is eggplant
The student notices this color in the oil slick the narrator shows him
What is tangerine
This quality, or lack of quality, was wrong with the best friend's proposal
What is very plain
The narrator's mom likes a joke about this animal, found commonly in African savannas
What is the Elephant
The narrator imagines the dog must think this when she walks him
What is must exercise human
This proverb ties into the narrator's feeling that progression in life is impossible for her to achieve, as her high standards set her up for failure
What is: My barn having burned down, I can now see the moon