Nothing beats a glass of boxed wine, Chinese chicken lo-mein, sitting in the dark with her favorite comedy sitcom to start her long three-day weekend. That’s all Christy Samules has been repeating to herself for the past ten minutes after finishing her dinner with her feet propped up on the coffee counter. At twenty-nine-year-old, she finally feels as if her life is on the right track. With enough perseverance and sacrifice, she was able to lock down a house and have enough to pay it off in just a few years, all on her own. Sure she had to give up her social and dating life, but the only one genuinely complaining was her mother, who’s coming over for dinner this Monday. This means two days of absolute silence without her mother’s nagging on one ear and then the screaming of children in t

