then chewbacca said

When she walked through the door last night she looked lovely. Her hair was still down and she was full of energy, which made me smile. I hadn't seen her in days and this was a nice change for her. Usually her first night back at work is a slow one for her where she can barely stay awake. Last night was different.

My dear Nicole told me some distressing news about her health and I wasn't sure what to say when I heard what she said. Obviously it wasn't something good, but we may be getting overly nervous before we should. Nothing is certain at this time, but there are more tests in the immediate future for her and I must confess that I am concerned. That girl doesn't need any more problems in her life and all that I can do now is hope that she is fine.

What I really wanted to do was just hold her, but decided on quick kiss to her cheek instead. We were at work after all.

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Late this morning I found out that my niece loves to talk about Star Wars, which is fine except that her version is the Phantom Menace one while I remember Episode IV from when I was near her age. Despite that difference, she knows all of the names of the characters just as well as I did at that age and seems to care about each and every one of them. Soon she was relaying whole scenes from the movie as I nodded that I understood what she was telling me.

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Seven hours of sleep restores a fair amount of mental clarity. Most of this week was spent operating in a half awake mode and that feeling ended today. I almost liked it better when I was half asleep. There wasn't any time for thought instead it was all action. No. I changed my mind. I can't live that way all of the time. It just doesn't work for me. I need a lull or some time for myself.

 
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