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This Friday started just like the rest of the other days except for the fact that I had slept more than six hours for the first time in months.
I enjoy spending the latest time of the day indulging myself on the couch either reading a book, listening to an audiobook or watching T.V, it makes me feel like I had harnessed the day at its last breath not the other way around. But not yesterday, no Sr, yesterday I went to bed early because the day defeated me as soon as I lied down on the couch.
The sun already came out, October has the most beautiful sunsets and dawns of the year.
-- Ugh, what's that smell? (It's me)
I turn on the boiler (third world countries will know) and wait for the water to be as hot as my mom used to say ( she's still alive but I haven't heard it lately ) " para pelar pollos ", which translates into something like "to plucking chicken". Some explanation is required here: you regularly get all the feathers off of a chicken after you put it in boiling water.
Damn, my phone ran out of battery again.
I'm the kind of person that needs to hear something during the shower, otherwise, it feels like a very boring activity devoid of any joy. I grabbed my laptop and put it over our little stool, some ma'am is giving her opinion on a podcast about gossip people.
-- A: But tell me, Arturo, what should we do when someones ask us very private questions?
-- B: I know right? these people keep insisting even when you try to avoid the rudeness and you're being polite. In this case (he went), I always prefer to say "Sorry, I do not want to talk about it".
-- A: What if they insist? for instance, they're asking about how much your house costs or why you haven't had babies.
-- B: If they're insisting you can ask very politely, "I don't remember" or "I and my partner tried for years without success" and then you say "but I appreciate your interest in my well being"
I was raised on a traditional Mexican family so good manners are on both on my genes and temporal lobe, sometimes it's difficult no to feel ungrateful about these traits. I believe that If we're only were given more confidence about ourselves during childhood we would've grown up into self-confidant adults instead of considering everything an item of right and bad category box.
I heard a scream coming from my daughter's bedroom, It's 7:20, she's must be from Switzerland as she's always on time, her inner clock has been exact for the last 2 years.
-- Daaaad! I've slept aloneee!
Truth be told, I found this moment of the day hilarious because of the fact my daughter believes once she falls to sleep after a bedtime story the next logical steps it's that I'll close my eyes and lie down next to her in my reserved spot without moving and laying on my side of her single bed then dawn encounter us sleeping and then we'll finally can open our eyes.
I jump out the shower, grab a towel and went immediately:
-- Darling, you didn't sleep alone I was here all the time but I needed to go to the bathroom, now I'm here ( I know, I know ). Sometimes I wonder how many of my childhood was true and how much of it was based on prefabricated but helpful little daddy white lies.
Emma has a strong character, like any child, she won't hesitate to impose her wild over yours. This can easily be confused with brattiness, I don't think this is the case I prefer to believe she has the kind of personality I deserve.
Yesterday I had a video call with some guy in Texas, we agreed to have it at 9:00 my time, 7:00 p.m his time. it's already 9:20, he sent me a message "Sorry I'm late, traffic. ", I answer with a smiling emoji I wanted him to know I'm somehow supporting his nerve but not by one hundred percent. By the time he was ready it was already 9:30, the video call started.
My headphones are not connected to the laptop but the video is already being transmitted so I do the same hand gesture my daughter use to make when she says "poquito" , this is closing the gap between my index finger and thumb. He squints, looks confused.
-- Can we play a little ( gesture sign)?
I have to plan this right cus' if I don't mind about the clock we could easily miss the time for getting ready and we'll be late again for school.
-- Ok just a little ( I mimic her gesture with my right hand ) but let me first do something really quickly.
I answer some Slack messages, send some emails, quick wins for the day. As I skim today's schedule I look up for missing slots, if there's a two-hour slot on here I definitely will go to the theater I tell to myself, I found none.
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