toenailed-Body
sat on the floor helping the girl put a puzzle together. thought that would be easier than sitting at her little table but my legs went asleep while she was finding all the edge pieces. she's four and can squat there forever. i had to straighten one leg into the hallway and the dog immediately lay across it. got up slow so i didn't scatter the pieces with my boots. the boy wanted picking up then, warm and heavy against my shoulder. carried him around the kitchen a bit. no measuring or holding anything steady, just his hand grabbing the back of my shirt. stayed there till he wanted down.
没办法-Emotion
弟弟说这次考试进步了，发来成绩单，我在工位上不方便放大，等到休息才一科一科看完。挺高兴的，马上给他转了点钱，让他买顿好吃的。转完又有点烦自己，怎么一高兴也是转钱，好像除了这个就不会跟他说话。他回了个谢谢姐，还问我最近累不累，我一下不知道怎么答。说累怕他多想，说不累又像把聊天结束了。最后拍了我和室友做的晚饭，说这里也过得不错，确实不是骗他。只是晚上收碗的时候有点想家，想坐在他旁边听他讲学校的事，不用一直隔着手机猜他长高了没有。奶奶以前催我们吃饭觉得吵，现在连那个都想听。
vueltosuelto-Emotion
Mi hermana me pidió que no contara una tontera del colegio delante de su amiga, y yo la conté igual porque juraba que era chistosa. Se quedó callada y ahí caché, no cuando me lo había pedido clarito. Me dio vergüenza, pero primero hice otro chiste, pésima idea, y terminé picado porque ninguna se rio. Después le dejé comida lista y le mandé perdón por mensaje desde el metro. Me respondió que la comida no tenía nada que ver. Tiene razón y me carga que tenga razón de una manera tan corta, cuando yo llevo como cuatro estaciones explicándome en la cabeza por qué no fue con mala intención.
rylestube-Mind
My wife remembers the first day our daughter went to school, including what she wore and what she refused to eat. I remember the photograph which came to Riyadh afterwards. When we were talking, I almost corrected the colour of the dress, then realised I was remembering a different photograph. There are whole occasions I know mainly through pictures, and the pictures have become my version of being there. I asked her to continue the story. She said she had told me before, which may be correct. This time I wanted to hear what happened after the photograph, when there was no reason for anyone to hold still.
canule-Body
J'ai rempoté deux plantes sur le sol de la cuisine et je me suis retrouvé avec du terreau frais sous les ongles, ce qui change des gants que je porte toute la journée au cabinet. J'aime bien défaire les petites mottes entre mes doigts, on sent tout de suite celles qui sont encore humides. Mon compagnon voulait mettre de la musique, moi j'étais très bien avec le bruit de la terre versée sur le journal. C'est seulement en me relevant que j'ai senti mes jambes engourdies: j'étais resté assis sur mes talons sans bouger. J'ai traversé la cuisine avec cette démarche ridicule, les mains encore sales et aucune envie de les laver tout de suite.
特になし-Body
農園でしゃがんで枝を整理した。膝より先に足の裏が窮屈になり、長靴の中で指を動かした。立つ時は支柱に手を置かず、自分の腿に手をついた。支柱が抜けると直す仕事が増える。家まで自転車で戻ると、風が袖から入って腕の汗が乾いた。厨房とは違って、外で汗をかいた後はシャツを替えるだけでも気持ちがよい。朝食の椅子に座ってから腰が少し重くなった。妻に何か取ってと言われる前に湯を入れ、二人分の茶を置いてから座り直した。
unionmade-Body
My granddaughter put on some music while we were clearing the kitchen and I recognised a song before she did. Told her I knew it when it was new, not when somebody discovered it on the internet. We danced a little between the table and the stove, no fancy work, my knees had not agreed to a performance. Still felt good to move because the music said so instead of because the garden needed weeding. I was warm and laughing by the time she reached for the last plate. Sat down after that with my feet firmly on the floor. She offered to play another one. Told her this was a kitchen, not an all-night establishment.
recallcard-Mind
Book club disagreed about whether a character was lying or simply avoiding a conversation. I argued for lying and had three passages ready; afterwards I realised I'd remembered every omission and almost none of the scenes where she was straightforward. That doesn't make my reading wrong, but it does make it selective. I went back to one chapter without highlighting anything, trying to see what was there before building a case. I still dislike her. It's a novel, so disliking her is allowed to be the entire outcome. Not every evening needs to end with a finding that improves my capacity for trust.
passportsize-Emotion
A woman came for passport photographs and told me I had photographed her when she first went to boarding school. I remembered her mother bringing her, but in my head she was still the small girl refusing to sit straight on the stool. Now she was telling me about her own children. I was very happy to see her, and also surprised by how much time had passed without asking my permission. She laughed when I told her about the stool. After she left I wanted to find the old photograph, though the nephew said we had customers waiting. He was correct. I still told him the story while we worked. Such people are not just another number in the queue.
sharpbehind-Body
played basketball on my day off and was sweating through my shirt before we even had proper teams. kitchen heat just sits on you, this was different, i could feel my breathing catch up when i stopped running instead of staying hot for another six hours. calves were tight walking back but i liked being tired from something nobody was paying me to do. ate the sandwich id brought in about four bites and immediately wished id made two. one of the guys offered chips and i took way more than the polite amount. got home, showered, lay on the couch with wet hair and woke up an hour later with one shoe still beside my head. solid afternoon.