Things from the day #6
Archive from June—August 2024
Saturday 1 June
I’m watching an episode of First Dates with my dad and a match-made pair are sharing difficult aspects of their past, and there is a mutual recognition of strength. At the end of the episode, it’s revealed they have since became a couple and my dad says with quiet profundity, “See, not every bad thing turns out to be a bad thing, Mad.”
Sunday 2 June
My flight has been delayed and I’m on a shuttle bus to a hotel and it’s in these moments I think about how often we focus on the inconvenience and overlook that someone, somewhere did their best to handle all the logistics and make everyone comfortable.
Monday 3 June
Given the 16-hour flight delay, I’ve had ample time to develop an Airport Crush. Despite sitting opposite each other for the first leg of the flight, being in the same shuttle bus to the hotel, lining up at the buffet for breakfast the next morning, and back on another shuttle bus, making eye contact and saying hello proved elusive. Finally, as I approach the gate t…