LUKE
What are you talking about? - - - Fine! Do whatever you want!
MRS. THOMPSON
Well, I'm sorry you're so upset.
LUKE
Well, you're giving me a week's notice! What am I supposed to do with a week's notice?!
MRS. THOMPSON
Well, my son just called me from Florida to tell me about the condo Luke...
LUKE
Fine. Go. Enjoy Florida. I hear they have great weather there -- terrific hurricanes. Make sure you bring plenty of plywood and bottled water!
LORELAI
Hey, hi, hello!
LUKE
What are you doing here?
LORELAI
I was just driving down the street and saw you and thought I'd stop by and say "Hey, Hi, Hello". Hello, Mrs. Thompson.
MRS. THOMPSON
Hello, dear.
LORELAI
So, what's going on?
LUKE
Nothing. Nothing's going on.
MRS. THOMPSON
Luke, please understand. There's nothing I can do. I've already found someone to rent the house and they have cars.
LUKE
And you just agreed to that?
MRS. THOMPSON
Well, It seemed rather reasonable to me.
LUKE
Oh, come on!
LORELAI
Oh. ... Um.
MRS. THOMPSON
Luke's very upset with me.
LORELAI
Why?
MRS. THOMPSON
Well, his father rented the garage. He was building a boat, and he didn't have room at his place, so he paid me to do it here. And then when he died, Luke continued to pay for the garage. And now I'm moving to a nursing home, and I need him to move his boat.
LORELAI
You're mad because this little old lady is moving to a nursing home, and you have to move your boat? Is this really the story you wanna stick to?
LUKE
She called me out of the blue, and I've paid for an entire month.
MRS. THOMPSON
I can give you a partial refund if you like.
LUKE
Where am I supposed to find a space to store a boat on a moment's notice, huh? Did you think about that for even a second?
MRS. THOMPSON
Uh, could we sit down? The doctor says the screw in my hip is loose.
LORELAI
Yes, yes, let's sit. Let's sit and calmly try to figure this out.
LUKE
No No, I've got it figured out. Just haul it off! Trash it!
MRS. THOMPSON
Haul what off?
LORELAI
The boat?
LUKE
Yes, the boat. Scrap it! Find somebody to drag it away and cut it up for firewood!
LORELAI
Oh now - Luke –
MRS. THOMPSON
Who's gonna haul it off?
LUKE
Anyone. Just find a guy with a truck and a hook. He'll strap it on and drive it away and send me the bill! I'm done!
STORMS OFF
LORELAI
Luke!
to Mrs. Thompson I'll be right back.
Luke, stop. What, what, and what?
LUKE
I have been paying that woman every month for Fif-teen years.
LORELAI
Luke, she's moving to a nursing home.
LUKE
And my dad was paying her every month twenty years before that!
LORELAI
Nursing home, Luke.
LUKE
I know where she's going.
LORELAI
She's not trying to hurt you.
LUKE
Whatever.
LORELAI
Hey, where are you going?
LUKE
Back to the diner.
LORELAI
Let me drive you.
LUKE
No.
LORELAI
I can drive you back to the diner. I promise if we pass any senior citizens, I'll let you jump out and pants 'em.
LUKE
Fine.
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I know your probably all thinking... not another reference to Gilmore. I just can't help it. Part of me wishes I was a character from that Reese Witherspoon and Tobey Maguire movie, Pleasantville something or other so I could jump into the TV and be on the Gilmore Girls show. I totally love it. Anyway that is besides the point. The scene above describes Luke, the most perfect man on television having a little spat with a senior citizen over his dad's unfinished boat that has been staying in her garage.
Lorelai is about to learn why Luke is having a meltdown; something that is so out of his character Luke tells her that the next day is the anniversary of his dad's death and that every year it puts him in a funk.
Anyway, today is my dark day. Although my father is still alive,THANK GOODNESS, today was a huge day in my life. Today is the day I let go of something I have been holding onto for way to long. The are many times in our lives when we must be stripped of everything we know so we can start fresh, start new. Its scary looking at life this naked and vulnerable but I can only hope that it will bring bigger and better things into my life.
These last few months have been rough for me but I am thankful for those of you who put up with me so that I can travel along this journey we call life learning ways to better myself.
