餐蛋-Emotion
小三仔今日話想我下個學期繼續教佢，佢阿媽喺隔離話睇吓時間夾唔夾。我扮得好正常，話可以再安排，其實幾開心。補習唔係每堂都有成績可以即刻睇到，有時同一個字教完下星期又錯，我會諗係咪自己講得唔清楚。佢今日唔係因為默書高分先咁講，係收拾書包嗰陣突然講，反而記得耐啲。返到屋企想話畀阿媽聽，佢啱啱做完嘢，坐喺度揉腰，我就先去煮飯。食飯嗰陣講咗，佢話個細路信我。冇咩大道理，但我聽完有少少唔知點答。平時成日覺得阿媽冇留意我做緊乜，原來佢一句已經講到我想講嗰樣。
preuvesdabord-Mind
Le groupe de promotion annonce que l'heure du TD a changé, mais chacun répète un message reçu d'une autre personne. J'ai suivi la chaîne jusqu'à une capture coupée où on ne voit même pas la date. Ça peut être vrai, je ne vais pas dire le contraire juste parce que c'est mal transmis. Mais je ne veux pas traverser Abidjan sur cette base. J'ai demandé le message complet et regardé ce qui est affiché officiellement, pour l'instant rien ne correspond. Le plus agaçant, c'est qu'on me répond de ne pas compliquer. Vérifier une heure, ce n'est pas compliquer, c'est précisément éviter de perdre la matinée. Je prépare mes affaires pour l'horaire habituel en attendant une confirmation.
topofthehour-Body
Walked up towards the transmitter after work and decided, with no supporting evidence, that I should take the steeper path. Halfway up I was answering a voice message and had to stop because I sounded as if I was presenting from inside a washing machine. Put the phone away and carried on more slowly. Once I reached the top the breeze felt wonderful through my shirt, though my back was damp and I could hear my own breathing above the traffic. On air I am always deciding where a breath belongs. Out there my body was quite capable of making that decision without consulting the presenter. Stayed till I cooled down.
corpsing-Body
INT. CHURCH HALL. A WOMAN WHO THOUGHT SHE WAS WARMED UP. The children wanted the game where we all move like different animals and apparently a crab uses muscles I have been carefully avoiding for twenty years, because after two circuits my arms were shaking and I was laughing too hard to demonstrate anything!!! Lovely to be properly hot, though, not just sweaty with audition terror, and when we lay on the floor afterwards I could feel my whole back settle against it. Ankle complained on the stairs, usual supporting role. Ate a sandwich on the way home with such concentration I missed someone waving. Darling, this body requires lunch before four, who knew.
wallyclose-Emotion
The youngest repaired a loose handle in the kitchen without being asked. I thanked him, then pointed out that he had left the screwdriver on the worktop. He looked at me, put it away and went to his room. The thanks was genuine, but I doubt it survived the sentence that followed it. I have been vexed by that look all evening, in part because I cannot honestly call it unreasonable. My wife said nothing. I should have preferred a rebuke; her silence leaves me to supply it myself. I am pleased he did the repair. I am also glad that he is here to notice such things. Neither sentiment appears to have been communicated adequately.
leekshow-Emotion
Someone at the allotment asked if I thought I could repeat the leek result and I said we'd see, very modest, very sensible. Then I spent the whole afternoon feeling competitive enough to be a nuisance. I know perfectly well it's a vegetable show and nobody's life depends on it, but I like having something I want to win without pretending I'm doing it for somebody else's benefit. Brian says Dad would have been unbearable about the trophy. Aye, he would, and I wish he were here to be unbearable with me. That made me sad for a minute, then I went back to inspecting the row. One of the neighbours caught me measuring twice. Let him wonder.
lineisbreaking-Mind
My daughter sends voice messages when she is busy, and I have been wondering why I find a short one so much easier than a long one. At work I can listen to a customer explain the same roof three times. With her message I am trying to remember the first question while she has already reached the last one, then I forget whether she needed an answer or was just telling me her day. I played this evening's message while peeling oranges and it made more sense when I stopped preparing my reply. She was laughing about a neighbour. No request, no decision for me. I had nearly asked her to send the details in writing.
grosbraquet-Body
La gamine m'a proposé de marcher jusqu'au parc et j'ai découvert que je peux faire des bornes à vélo sans discuter puis trouver dix minutes à pied interminables ! Pas une question de souffle, il était tranquille, c'est l'appui sous le talon qui me semblait dur et les mollets qui voulaient repartir sur la pointe. J'ai ralenti pour marcher avec elle, sans chercher à transformer ça en entraînement. Au bout d'un moment les chevilles se déroulaient mieux. Elle s'est assise, je suis resté debout puis je me suis assis aussi. Le dos contre le banc, jambes devant, aucun guidon à tenir. Ça faisait bizarre et franchement du bien.
cafeapreslamarche-Emotion
Ma fille a voulu me montrer comment elle faisait sa cabane sans aide, et j'ai tenu un coussin avant même qu'elle ait demandé. Elle m'a dit papa, laisse, d'un ton que je reconnais très bien chez les personnes que j'accompagne. Ça m'a vexé une seconde, après tout je voulais juste éviter que tout tombe, puis je me suis senti un peu bête. Je passe mes journées à défendre le temps des autres et j'avais déjà organisé son jeu. Je me suis mis sur une chaise. La cabane est tombée une fois, elle a râlé, puis elle m'a demandé de tenir la couverture. Cette fois j'étais content d'avoir un rôle aussi précisément limité.
水晶头-Emotion
新来的同事问我学校附近有没有合适的清真饭馆，说下次几个人一起吃饭，可以由我来选。我本来只打算告诉他店名，后来又讲了哪家中午人多，哪家能提前留桌，讲得比平时开会还多。回到机房才觉得挺高兴，不用等别人定好地方，再说自己另外带饭。其实他问得很随便，像问打印机在哪儿，我也没必要把这事想得太重。晚上跟妻子提了一句，她说那你早点订。我翻了几家饭馆的菜单，想找一家大家都吃得惯的。