I know I must get up when the birds are at their loudest.

A full pot.

What do we do now?

I forgot to eat my avocado, and I’m feeling it.

It’s closer than I think it is.

I leave the main lights off and tell her that my old office mate and I used to sit in the dark all the time. Sensitive? No. I don’t like artificial light, is all.

They say they have no time for any more appointments today. I tell her it looks like we’re going to Smith’s Pharmacy. She explains to me how to select the right press-on nails.

I don’t think you can write it this way.

She flips her phone camera to show one of the girls my nails.

I tell them that they are not a disappointment. They make disappointing decisions.

“Where there is no vision, the people perish…”