It’s been warm, and the heat differential between upstairs, where Javier works, and downstairs, where I work, is surprising. There are visible markers of it: He was shirtless and in shorts today, and I in a puffy jacket. And there are smell markers, given how infrequently he showers. As we were eating dinner, a persistent and nimble fly circled his head, giving him the look of a cartoon of a Depression-era hobo. He has promised to shower later tonight.
I woke up at 5:30a today for a very long call and have another 5a call tomorrow. Earlier, around mid-morning, I shoulder-checked a wall and spilled my glass of water all over the floor and my muumuu.
Everything is going very well here!
"It’s been warm, and the heat differential between THE ATTIC, where Javier works, and THE HOUSE, where I work, is surprising."