Author: Jackie Pick

Jackie Pick is a former teacher and current writer living in the Chicago area. She is a contributing author to multiple anthologies, including Multiples Illuminated, So Glad They Told Me: Women Get Real about Motherhood, Here in the Middle, as well as the and the literary magazines The Sun and Selfish. She received Honorable Mention from the Mark Twain House and Museum for her entry in the Royal Nonesuch Humor Writing Competition. Jackie is a contributing writer at Humor Outcasts, and her essays have been featured on various online sites including McSweeney's, Belladonna Comedy, Mamalode, The HerStories Project, and Scary Mommy. A graduate of the University of Chicago and Northwestern University, Jackie is co-creator and co-writer of the award-winning short film Fixed Up, and a proud member of the 2017 Chicago cast of Listen To Your Mother.

Baking and Burning — July 4

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Were I to go outside, that’s exactly what I would do…bake n’ burn. Yuck. There is no joy in humid 100 degree weather. I’m skipping the inlaw festivities at their club, and baby is staying home with me. It’s too hot for her, too hot and noisy for me (I love the look of fireworks, but the noise level is painful for me.)

I feel for the young adults who take summer jobs at clubs and pools across the nation. Today, many of them are grilling. What a whole lot of disgusting for them.

About as disgusting as I would imagine any potato salad would be outside today. I’ll stick to a homemade salad today, thank you very much.

Enjoy your day no matter how and if you celebrate. I choose to look for 1776 on cable.