just a few things

I sang in the sunshine. And napped in it, on the couch at Sea Turtle, from 1:45 to 2. Dongbo made us lunch. His sister says he never cooks at home. They saved me the last apple and I didn't have to plan anything. During the break the children all made guns with connecting plastic links and chased each other wildly around the hall, screaming.

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Thirty fast approaching and Justin's friends are having babies. We keep talking about it - parenting - with a lot of doubt. In general, it seems very difficult and all-consuming. So the other day I saw this parent-couple walking down the street making it look easy, and it made me smile so hard. The stroller was a cheap plastic-wicker thing without padding, the handle just a curve pushing a straight line up from the back of the basket. It was meant to be pushed, but the woman was pulling it beside her with one hand, waving the other as she talked with her husband. They weren't talking to the baby, they weren't carrying bags of things for the baby, they weren't even looking at the baby. They were just walking down the street with the baby in a stroller beside them. It was beautiful.