Cold November Page #2

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Sorry, Mom.

I'm just really excited.

Well, I guess I just have

never heard you say "sh*t"

in front of me

before, so...

You just said it twice.

Yeah, I guess I did.

You're taking this

very lightly.

Yeah, well, I guess

I'll take what I can get.

Just, hey, do not say that in

front of Grandmother, okay?

I'll give you a pass this time.

That's it.

Don't go drinking beer

or anything.

- [scoffs] Ew, Mom.

- [laughs]

Oh, heads up,

it's your uncle.

- Hey, I'm unarmed.

- No, you're not.

You're the only one

who is armed.

Here, go, go, go!

That doesn't shoot

pinecones, Craig.

Hey! [laughs]

Ow! Hey! Stop it!

What are you doing?

I'm protecting

my granddaughter.

Okay, truce, truce,

truce, truce.

[Mia] Hey, can someone

help me out here?

[Florence]

What are you doing?

I'm just cutting some cedar

for the deer.

They love this stuff.

It's like candy for them.

- But why do we have to cut it?

- Because they don't have thumbs.

What is that

suppose to mean?

Well, if they had thumbs they could climb

it and get it themselves, you know.

[Florence]

Craig, you're a weirdo.

Hey! I called truce!

- Truce, I'll give you truce.

- [laughs]

Hands not on

the trigger.

Good, good, okay.

- Got it aimed?

- Yep.

Okay, now remember, you want

to take a deep breath in...

and then slowly let it out

as you aim.

And then you'll slowly

squeeze the trigger.

Okay? So don't pull it,

just squeeze it.

So go ahead

when you're ready.

- Ooh!

- Did you get it?

- [laughs]

- Oh, I think I hit... I think I hit the bulls-eye!

You did.

You did hit the bullseye.

- Holy sh*t!

- You did!

Watch your language, Mia.

It's okay, Grandma. I hear

worse than that at school.

I'm saying it's awesome.

- I'm sure you do.

- How's your shoulder feel?

Good. It hurt a little

more in my neck.

- Oh, yeah? You okay?

- It's okay. I'm all good.

- That's our girl!

- You wanna check it out up close?

Yeah, I wanna

see it up close.

All right, let's look.

[Florence] Oh, man. Feels good

once you get it over with.

[Craig laughs]

[Florence]

I'll get used to it.

Thanks for giving me

some time.

I just...

I didn't know

who I was anymore.

[Georgia] You know, Flor, when I was

your age, I didn't have any choice.

We were hungry and, uh, nobody

had any work at that time.

The mines had just

laid everybody off.

And when... oh...

when we'd get a deer,

we'd cover all the windows

with blankets,

and then we'd sneak the deer

inside the house inside a sheet.

Yeah.

Because it wasn't

deer season?

Exactly.

And then we'd...

we'd all chip in

and we'd butcher that deer

as fast as we could,

because we knew that

when we had it in the ice box,

we were home free.

Oh. Oh, boy,

those were the days.

[Craig] It's crazy to think

about doing that now.

Well, Craig, it was crazy then,

too, but, you know, we were hungry.

We didn't have any choice.

We never... we never thought

we'd ever be in that position.

But you never know when things

are going to change

and you never know when you're going

to have to live off the land.

At least we've got

some land to live off of,

even though technically

it was against the law.

When you're hungry, you don't

care much about the law.

Sorry,

it's the way it was.

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God!

Whoa!

- Whoo!

- Oh, my God!

- [screaming]

- Oh, holy sh*t! Oh, my God!

[screaming]

You're good, baby.

You're good.

You're good.

You're good.

- Whoo! Whoo! Whoo!

- Whoo!

- Whoo!

- Whoo!

Oh.

[sighs]

Hoo-kay.

[car door opens, closes]

[crying]

Oh. [sniffles] Hey.

Hey. You okay?

Yeah.

[sniffles]

I just thought I was gonna,

I don't know, lose it,

so I came out here

so I wouldn't wake anyone up.

I was just thinking

about... Sweeney.

About the time

she shot her first deer.

I always loved

coming out here.

She used to look forward

to it every year.

[sighs]

I really

do miss her, Flor.

I really miss her.

I know.

I do, too.

We all do.

But it's going to be okay.

I'm here with you

and I love you,

so it's going to be okay.

I know you do.

I'm happy to be out here

with you, believe me.

You know, I had a dream last night

and Sweeny came to me in it.

- Really?

- Yeah.

She used to come all the

time after she died,

but, um, ahem,

then it stopped.

But it came... she came back

again out of nowhere yesterday.

She told me that I was

ready to kill a deer

and that I was going

to do it tomorrow.

Well, heck, now,

isn't that cool?

That's really cool, Flor.

It's like she's

watching out for you,

guardian angel stylee.

She always loved

that word, "stylee."

[laughs, sighs]

Yeah.

- I am happy to be here.

- Yeah.

It's been

a really tough year and...

I think this is going to be

really good for all of us.

Definitely.

Auntie Mia?

Hmm? What's up?

I think I just got

my period.

Holy sh*t.

Really?

I put a pad on

in the outhouse.

I followed the directions.

Uh, did your undies

get messed up?

Um, a little bit.

Well, we just gotta get

a bowl of icy-cold water

to soak 'em in

with a little dish soap.

Got to do that right away

so the stain doesn't set.

That's one

of Grandma's tricks.

Okay.

Other than that, sounds like you've

pretty much taken care of business.

You know, this could be

really good for you.

What do you mean?

Okay, so, um, I was reading

this blog, right,

uh, and they said that

the big bucks, you know,

they can't tell the difference

between human period blood

and doe period blood.

That's... oh, my gosh,

that's gross.

Well, so last year,

I put a tampon out by my stand

just to see what happened.

Mia, that's disgusting.

And sure enough, that's the year

I got one of my biggest bucks.

Oh, my God, I really

think I'm gonna barf.

[laughs]

Well, I am just trying to give

you some insider secrets here.

Why do you think I always get

bigger bucks than your uncle, huh?

[sighs]

[chuckles]

You think that's gross?

Wait until you get

elbows deep inside a deer.

That's different.

Not that much.

[sighs]

Thank you, Flor.

Oh, we should get your undies

soaking before bed and...

Yeah.

Welcome to being a woman.

Mm. Okay.

[chuckles]

[alarm beeping]

[alarm stops]

[groans]

Well, look who's finally up.

Very funny.

You want some bacon?

Yeah!

[footsteps approaching]

[rain pattering]

[Amanda]

[sighs] I don't like this.

I think they're bedded down

because of the weather.

I don't think they're going to move

unless something stirs them up.

[sighs]

I'm gonna go make

a loop around

and see if I can make

a push to you.

Sound good?

Yeah.

Uh, what if I see one

when you're not here?

[chuckles]

Well, you shoot it.

[laughs]

I'm cold.

Ah...

yeah, me, too.

But that is all

part of the process.

Here, use the heater.

Here you go.

Stay near that.

Keep the blanket

wrapped around you.

You should be able

to stay warm.

[sighs]

All right, here I go.

[grunts]

Hey, Mom?

Yeah, what's up?

I got my period

last night.

What?

You... you did?

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