palmetto-Mind
The second-truck spreadsheet looks excellent until I put an actual person's wages in it instead of the hopeful little number I had there before. I don't want an employee whose whole job is absorbing the accounts I dislike. They'd need training, good equipment and a schedule a human being could live on, apparently just like me. I've started marking which jobs really require my attention and which I'm keeping because I know every corner of the property. Eighty familiar accounts can make you feel indispensable when some of what you are is used to the route. I'm still interested in expanding. I'm less interested in doing it by pretending supervision takes no time.
cadratin-Mind
Le boulanger a refait son tarif à la main et, pour une fois, je n'ai rien trouvé à redire aux lettres. Elles penchent, le quatre est plus grand que le reste, mais je sais immédiatement ce qu'il vend et combien cela coûte. Cela ne réhabilite pas son enseigne, dont l'espacement reste une calamité. Je me demande toutefois pourquoi je tolère si volontiers les irrégularités du papier scotché et si mal celles d'une réalisation prétendument professionnelle. Ce n'est pas seulement une question de lisibilité. Il y a dans la seconde une assurance qui m'agace. J'ai passé la promenade du chien à discuter avec un tarif de viennoiseries.
ঝালমুড়ি-Emotion
মেয়ে আজ আমার পুরোনো খাতায় নিজের মতো কয়েক লাইন লিখে বলল, সেও কবিতা বানিয়েছে। বানান ভুল, দুটো লাইন একই কথা, আর শেষটায় হঠাৎ একটা বেড়াল এসেছে। পড়ে আমার এমন আনন্দ হল যে খুব সাবধানে বললাম ভালো হয়েছে, বেশি উচ্ছ্বাসে ওকে লজ্জা দিতে চাইনি। ও অবশ্য একটুও লজ্জা পেল না, বাবাকে ডেকে আবার পড়ে শোনাল। নিজের লেখা দেখাতে ওর এত সহজ লাগে! আমি ওর পাশে বসে খাতাটা ধরেছিলাম, একটু ঈর্ষাও হল বোধহয়, মিষ্টি ধরনের, নিজের মেয়ের সঙ্গে প্রতিযোগিতা নয়। ও যখন জিজ্ঞেস করল আমার কবিতা কোথায়, বললাম পরে দেখাব। কথাটা মুখ থেকে বেরিয়েই মনটা একটু খারাপ হল। পরে মানে ঠিক কখন, সেটা আমিও জানি না।
socksfirst-Body
Filled a bowl with warm water for my feet and sat down before finding anything else that needed doing. The left heel was sore when I first put it in, then mostly I could feel the warmth spreading round my ankles and the little crease marks from my socks. My daughter brought my drink over without asking why I hadn't got it myself. I was grateful for that, and for the chair being the right height. Leaned back and felt how tired my shoulders were once I wasn't holding them ready for the next task. Nothing fixed in ten minutes, but I was more comfortable. Stayed there until the water started cooling, then sat a little longer because getting up was still entirely optional.
garlopa-Body
Hoy en el frontón he llegado a una pelota que daba por perdida. He salido corriendo sin pensarlo y luego me he quedado doblado, con las manos en las rodillas, mientras los otros discutían si había tocado la raya. Me daba igual, necesitaba aire. Al rato estaba otra vez bien, sudando mucho por la nuca y con la camiseta pesada. La muñeca no ha molestado al jugar, sí un poco al quitarme la zapatilla, que llevaba el nudo apretado. En la ducha se me han ido aflojando los hombros. Qué gusto salir limpio y con hambre. He vuelto andando despacio, todavía con calor, aunque ya corría fresco por la plaza.
sparklerexit-Body
Ironed shirts for the weekend and caught myself shifting from heel to heel before I had finished the second one. The right foot wanted a break, but I was so used to standing there that I kept reaching for another hanger. Sat down to sort the ties instead, shoes off, and felt how warm the soles of my feet had become. My shoulders were tight too, mostly from reaching across the board rather than moving it. Nothing dramatic, just a body that would like some input on the evening's schedule. My youngest brought a shirt over and asked if I could do theirs. I said yes, after a minute. The minute became five. The shirt survived the delay.
大喇叭-Body
今天舞队试了个新动作，胳膊举上去还要转身，俺光顾着喊左右，自己先往反方向转了，笑得肚子疼！跳的时候不觉得热，停下来给音响收线，汗从头发里往耳朵后面淌，衣领都湿了，扇两下又凉得一激灵。婆婆在家说我走路还一颠一颠的，我真没发现，脚底下好像还跟着那个拍子，坐到小板凳上换鞋才觉得小腿沉。洗完脚本来想再看一遍视频，结果腿伸出去就不想收回来，音响搁门边明天再搬，今天身体这边先宣布散会！
pleasebeseated-Emotion
My son's father arrived on time and took him out for the afternoon. Nothing to report, which should have been pleasant. Instead I felt irritated by how excited my son was, already in his shoes while I was checking whether he had packed a sweater. I do not begrudge him a good afternoon with his father. I begrudge being the person with the sweater while somebody else gets the grin. There, written. When they left I had the quiet house I usually say I need and spent the first twenty minutes listening for a door that was not going to open. I eventually put music on, loud enough that I did not have to hear the refrigerator.
talonnette-Mind
Au vide-grenier, j'ai trouvé un vieux sac dont les poignées étaient fichues. Mon compagnon m'a dit qu'on avait déjà des sacs, ce qui est exact et totalement hors sujet. Depuis, je cherche comment en refaire les attaches sans cacher la marque des anciennes. J'imagine deux solutions, j'en élimine une, je la reprends pendant que je fais la vaisselle. C'est ridicule de m'occuper autant d'un truc acheté presque rien alors que j'ai des commandes payées sur l'établi. Mais justement, personne n'attend celui-là vendredi, personne n'a demandé que ça ressemble au neuf. Je peux encore changer d'avis trois fois.
tuesdaypantry-Mind
Four bags of corn left in the freezer. I counted twice because the notebook said six, and the lineman said he had not touched any. Then I remembered the church supper. I wrote down what I took from the pantry that week and never wrote down what I took from home. Aggravating to have a perfectly good system and skip your own part of it. The boy was helping by moving everything I had already counted to the other side. I gave him an empty basket and let him inventory that. We are lower on green beans than I thought too. Next year's garden will need another row, but the tomatoes are staying where they are.