This was supposed to be my post-breakup weekend getaway.
I finally break up with my boyfriend because I'm tired of telling him he needs to "communicate with me."
Then I cash in my airline miles for the cheapest place that can give me sunburn. The winner is the Arizona desert.
I charge two nights at a nice resort on my credit card, pull on my too-small bathing suit in my room, turn off my cell phone, and go to the pool.
When I sit on a chaise lounge chair with a massive margarita, I vow my only goals are to get stupidly drunk and imagine ways all of the happy couples will meet untimely deaths.
I imagine a newlywed couple getting explosive diarrhea in the hot tub when a bird poops on my shoulder.
"Ugh!"
"Oh no." A pair of khaki shorts rushes next to me. "Ginger, that was rude."
I grimace. "My name isn't Ginger." I dip my napkin in my margarita since I have no other liquid to clean my shoulder.
"I'm sorry, not you. Ginger is my parrot."
As I clean the goop off my shoulder, a blue Macaw steals a sip of my margarita.
I swat at it. "Hey!"
"Ginger! Behave yourself!" A green polo throws himself across me for the parrot. The bird flies away, but its owner ends up laying across my lap.
I threaten, "I am going to leave a terrible review."
"No, please don't!" He scrambles upright until he's sitting on his knees next to me.
He stares at me like I just signed his death sentence, but I want him alive and well.
The guy is friggin gorgeous.
My signature flirty face flashes a glance at him before I can remind myself that I am totally off guys this weekend.
I scrunch my face into a deep frown, but it's too late. He blinks, entranced.