سنفور-Mind
صديق في السعودية سألني إن كنت ما زلت أرفض فكرة السفر، فقلت له إن الظروف اختلفت الآن عندي زوجة وبنت. لكني ظللت أحسب بعد المكالمة: إيجار هناك، ومصاريف هنا، ومن يذهب لأمي إذا احتاجت شيئاً في منتصف اليوم. كلما ظهر فرق جيد في المرتب أضع أمامه تكلفة أخرى، ولا أعرف هل هذه حسابات واقعية أم أني أرتبها حتى أصل إلى الرفض الذي أعرفه. لم أتحدث مع زوجتي بعد، وهذا غير منصف لأنها ستكون معي في القرار وفي تبعاته. لا يوجد عرض أصلاً، مجرد سؤال من صديق، ومع ذلك شغلت نفسي بتفاصيل المدارس قبل أن أسأله حتى عن طبيعة العمل. أحتاج أن أبدأ من المعلومة الصغيرة المتاحة، لا من عشر سنوات أتخيلها.
checkmirror-Body
I sang rather strongly in church today and felt it in my chest before I felt it in my throat. There is one part I always enjoy, where the voices rise together, and I stood straight instead of resting back as I sometimes do. By the next verse I needed a quieter breath and let the others carry it. Mama says the choir can manage without my supervision. On the walk home my knees were slow but my upper body felt easier, as though I had been holding myself tightly all morning and only noticed after letting go. I sat in the parlour with water and did not put on the television immediately. My voice had done sufficient work for one morning.
ladlehook-Mind
The book I am reading describes a city department as badly run, then gives most of its evidence from the men sent to reorganise it. They may have been right. They also had a reason to make the earlier arrangement look worse. I marked the source note to check later. This is the part of history I still find interesting, the difference between a thing happening and someone needing to describe it in a particular way. There may be staff records that tell another part. I do not need to write anything about it. I would like to see the records. The bus reached my stop before I finished the chapter, so the book is still open on the table.
aindanao-Emotion
a minha amiga chegou do turno com dois pastéis e disse que um era para mim, sem ocasião especial, sem perguntar por entrevistas, só porque lhe tinha apetecido. fiquei contente de uma maneira desproporcionada para um bolo e depois quase estraguei aquilo a pensar se ela tinha pago o jantar ontem e quanto lhe devo afinal. estou farta de fazer contas até ao carinho dos outros. comi o pastel ao balcão enquanto ela contava uma discussão absurda na clínica e ri-me com a boca cheia. durante uns minutos fui a amiga a quem ela conta coisas, não a pessoa desempregada que vive na outra divisão. soube-me muito bem, e irrita-me precisar de dizer isto assim.
guideprice-Emotion
my sister rang from manchester while i was making food and stayed on for nearly an hour. normally we do five minutes of taking the piss and then one of us has somewhere to be, but she started telling me about a crap day and i didn't really have a joke for it. felt weirdly good that she'd rung me, not mum. afterwards the flat seemed dead quiet even though the other two were shouting at fifa in the next room. i miss having her nearby, apparently. sent her a terrible photo of the dinner i'd let go cold and she said at least she hadn't ruined anything worth eating. honestly was quite pleased to be insulted again.
cocotteminute-Emotion
Le garçon avait oublié un cahier et m'a aperçu au portail quand je le lui apportais. J'avais préparé une explication à donner au surveillant, mais mon fils est venu tout simplement, a pris le cahier et m'a remercié devant ses camarades. Il n'a pas baissé la voix. Cela m'a fait plus de bien que je ne saurais le lui dire sans rendre la chose étrange. Sur le chemin du retour, je me suis reproché d'avoir imaginé qu'il pourrait être gêné par ma présence. Puis j'ai recommencé à entendre son merci. Hind a appelé pendant que je préparais le déjeuner, et je lui ai raconté cette petite affaire de cahier.
relancelebuild-Body
On a fait des crêpes et j'ai passé plus de temps debout dans la cuisine que prévu parce que notre fils voulait retourner chacune des siennes tout seul. J'avais chaud au visage, la fenêtre ouverte me faisait du frais dans le dos, et je commençais à avoir très faim à force d'en cuire sans en manger. Rien à voir avec la fatigue de l'écran : je me sentais plutôt bien, juste pressée d'avoir une assiette. Après, on s'est entassés sur le canapé et le chat s'est installé contre ma cuisse. Mon poignet tirait un peu en tenant le livre, alors je l'ai posé sur un coussin. J'ai lu trois pages avant de m'endormir au milieu des bruits du salon.
روشتة-Emotion
زعلانه من ابني اللي في السعوديه اتصل وقال مستعجل يا امي وصوته كويس الحمد لله بس انا كنت محضره له حكايه السكوتر لما علق في باب الصيدليه والواد اللي طلع يصورني وهو ما ادانيش فرصه احكي قلت له روح لشغلك وقفلت وبعدها زعلت من نفسي هو مش قاعد هناك بيلعب وانا كنت عايزاه يضحك معايا دقيقتين بس بعت له تسجيل وحكيت الحكايه كلها وضحكت لوحدي في اخره ولسه ما سمعوش كل ما الموبايل ينور ابص الاقيها جاره عايزه تعرف الصيدليه هتقفل امتى
harakaharaka-Mind
I was trying to put one of my mother's sayings into English and found that every accurate version sounded like instructions from a school noticeboard. In Swahili I can hear her impatience and affection together, in English I kept producing advice. Perhaps the missing part isn't another word but the person who said it, the way she looked at me before I had even finished my latest wonderful plan. My wife offered her version and I objected immediately, then realised hers sounded more like something a person would actually say. Naturally I have not admitted complete defeat. I wrote both down. The notebook now contains an argument instead of a proverb, which is also family history.
ロザリオ-Mind
受付の説明を一枚の紙にまとめようか考えている。いつも同じことを聞く患者さんに、前にも言いましたよとは言えないし、言ったところで覚えられるわけでもない。自分でも初めて行く場所では、帰る頃に大事な話を忘れている。文字を大きくすると紙が増えるし、短くすると説明が足りない。看護学生の娘に見てもらおうと思ったけれど、実習で忙しいところへまた用事を持ち込むのもどうかな。まず夫に読んでもらう。黙っているのを理解したと思わず、分からないところを聞いてみる。