Lauren Thomas woke up the Friday before Christmas, hungover.
The night before, Lauren and her group of best friends in Austin, Texas, had emptied the last of her wine cabinet. Polishing off the large collection had become a summer 2008 project that rolled into the fall.
Now it was December 2008, the wine cabinet was officially emptied, and Lauren was feeling the aftereffects.
Lauren dragged herself out of bed, made herself a coffee, fed her beloved German Shepherd, Fenway, and headed to the neighboring golf course for a morning game. Golfing was Lauren’s favorite pastime — even the day after several glasses of wine.
Lauren was single. She is gay and at that time had dated a lot of women, but nothing ever seemed to stick. Her golfing friends teased her that her love life was a “disaster zone.” But Lauren was content with her independent, single, friend-filled life.
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