The Day I Spent With My Mother, And Other Stories. Plus, UFO Encounters!

Nothing beats a day at the beach when one would ordinarily be hovering over a cash register trying to smile at dozens of expectant customers. I awoke early this morning, because it was 100 degrees in my room last night, and I needed to sleep with the shades open in order to best utilize the large box fan wedged into the frame of my bedroom window. I stopped at Yellow Mart to buy a bottle of soda, and since I wasn't wearing my glasses (I'm growing tired of being one of the bespectacled) I accide