10:02 • Grace-Hope calls us from my mum’s car. “We have a flat tire.” After calling AAA (God bless those people) and meeting up with them, Jorge the tire-fixer, announced there was no hole in mum’s tire, just that it was a “bad tire.” It perplexed even him that it wasn’t leaking from any apparent spot, just wouldn’t hold air. The crazy thing? She had just had her tires checked and rotated the day before. He put on the spare, instructed us to a Sam’s Club, and sent us on our merry way. We were grateful that they were even open, and that the wait wasn’t too long.
Read MoreWe found ourselves in a little plant shop, and let me tell you: it was the most interesting view; the jungle inside, green leaves just curling around the windows, and the scape of the city skyline just outside. Then we went to Sey Coffee, a coffee & plant shop. More plants. More coffee. Of course yes please.
Read MoreThe music festivals are one of the biggest floods of our economy, and bring along with them what is probably the end of our springtime season. ...but no. I long to be enthusiastic and enter into a hidden kinship that comes with saying, "UM YES," but it's just never been at the forefront of my mind come each April, and unfortunate or not, I can't tell.
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