fui buscar meu filho e ele veio mostrar um carrinho que ganhou do namorado da mãe, todo feliz me contando quem tinha dado. falei que era bonito mas por dentro fiquei meio atravessado, negócio besta porque o cara não fez nada de errado e o menino tem direito de gostar do presente. no caminho ele quis pôr o carrinho no meu bolso pra não perder e isso me deixou mais de boa, já tava me contando outra coisa e eu preso no nome do cara. não quero ficar estragando alegria do moleque, ele tem três anos uai. trouxe pra casa e mostramos pra vó, mas não contei quem deu sem ela perguntar

I keep reading the ultra cutoff times as though another look will change them. The training numbers are useful, but at some point I stop planning and start asking a spreadsheet to promise that race day will go well. It can't tell me what the weather or my stomach will do. I wrote a simpler plan tonight with the things I can actually act on, including what would make me stop rather than keep bargaining with myself. That last bit took longer than the pacing. I spend my working day asking people to take their health seriously; being nearly fifty doesn't exempt me from following my own sensible advice just because there's a medal involved.

Vi mi etiqueta de cerveza en un bar y desde la mesa me pareció que el nombre se leía demasiado chico. Mi acompañante estaba hablando y yo seguía mirando la heladera, pésima cita con participación especial de la tipografía. Después el mozo sacó una botella y se veía perfecto a la distancia normal. Igual ya había armado en la cabeza una corrección completa, con defensa oral ante el cliente incluida. Me intriga cómo cambia una cosa cuando sale del archivo: en la pantalla puedo acercarme hasta ver un milímetro, en el bar compite con vasos, luces y la cara de alguien que me está contando su día. La etiqueta funciona. Mi atención esa noche, discutible.

Ich soll für den Kurs eine Beobachtung aus dem Kindergarten aufschreiben und suche seit gestern nach einer besonders guten Situation, obwohl mir täglich genug begegnet. Sobald es benotet wird, denk ich offenbar, mein normaler Arbeitsalltag ist nicht gescheit genug. Hab heute eine Szene beim Anziehen genommen und erst einmal aufgeschrieben, was tatsächlich passiert ist, ohne Fachwörter dazwischen. Das war erstaunlich leicht. Schwierig wird es, wenn ich erklären soll, was ich daraus ableite, weil ich dann gleich alle möglichen falschen Antworten höre. Mein Partner meint, ich soll zuerst meine eigene hinschreiben. Eh. Ich hab ihm widersprochen und dann genau das gemacht, nur noch nicht abgeschickt.

El nieto mayor me ha preguntado por la ruta de Zaragoza sin que yo sacara el tema, eso ya es noticia, y queria saber donde dormia, que comia, si alguna vez me perdia. Me he venido arriba, claro, le he contado lo de aquel almacen que abria antes de salir el sol y la maestra ha dicho que tampoco salia yo tan temprano. Me ha sentado mal la correccion, delante del chico sobre todo, parece que me invento hasta las carreteras. Pero él se ha reido y ha seguido preguntando. He pasado una tarde estupenda, de verdad. Luego he buscado una foto del coche para enseñarsela, aunque sale mi barriga reflejada en el cristal y esa parte la vamos a ignorar.

My fiancée and I are trying to work out where we'd put a table in the apartment we looked at. I kept measuring the room in my head and she kept describing who would be sitting there, which turned out to be the part I'd missed. At my parents' place the table is never only for the people who live in the building. I want that too, but fifteen chairs aren't going into this kitchen. We drew the room on the back of an envelope and tried a smaller table that could open out. No decision yet. I liked talking about an ordinary meal there more than choosing anything for the wedding. The meal would happen again the next day.

been looking at the photos of a set i loved in person and wondering why it looks flat on camera. first thought was change the design, then i moved the practice hand closer to the window and suddenly the colour looked right. i spend all that time getting the surface smooth and then photograph it under lighting that makes it look like a different person's work. meanwhile the slightly crooked angle gets more attention online because you can see the shine. i'm interested in that and also irritated by it. i want people to notice the detail without me turning every finished appointment into a film shoot. saved three photos to compare tomorrow, except i already know which one the algorithm would probably like.

Au cours seniors, un monsieur m'a raconté qu'il avait réussi à jouer par terre avec sa petite-fille et à se relever sans appeler sa femme. Il disait ça comme un résultat de match. J'étais fier, putain, plus que devant une salle pleine de gens qui savent déjà tout faire. Je lui ai dit que c'était lui qui avait bossé, il a répondu oui mais fallait me montrer. Ça m'a fait plaisir, simple. En rangeant les briques après le cours j'avais encore le sourire. J'aurais bien raconté ça à l'infirmière en rentrant, mais elle dormait. J'ai laissé un message, pas vocal, je sais faire des progrès moi aussi.

মেয়ে আজ বলল, মা সমুদ্রের প্ল্যানটা আর কোরো না, আগে গেলে তারপর আমাকে বোলো। পাঁচ বছরের মেয়ে এমন কথা বলে কী করে! ওকে বকিনি, কিন্তু খুব খারাপ লাগল, যেন আমার কথার আর দাম নেই। তিনবার যাওয়া বাতিল হয়েছে, সবটা আমার দোষও নয়, আলুর মরশুমে ছুটি চাইতে গেলেই মালিকের ওই মুখ। স্বামী বলল, এত মন খারাপ করছ কেন, একদিন যাবই। এই একদিন কথাটাতেই এখন রাগ হয়। মেয়েকে নীল রঙে ঢেউ আঁকতে দেখে পাশে বসেছিলাম, ও আমার জন্য একটা ছোট মানুষ এঁকে দিল। আঁকাটা ভালো লেগেছে, তবু আজ আর সমুদ্রের ভিডিও দেখতে পারলাম না।

Walked to Nan's without headphones because I'd left them charging, and the canal path felt oddly wider without somebody else's soundtrack filling it. Cold fingers at first, then I got warm enough to undo my coat and carry it like an idiot rather than stop and put it in the bag. By the time I reached her flat I was properly hungry. She'd made toast and I could feel my hands warming round the mug while she told me about the lift being out again. Normally I arrive tired and stay tired on her settee. Today my legs wanted a stretch but the rest of me felt awake. Ate the second slice before she could ask.