1. I love to sit in a coffee shop and work on the laptop. I love to be in a working bubble, not noticing anything about the people around me. It feels decadent and wasteful.
2. I am called to pick up Alec early because they think he's got chicken pox. "Oh, and he said a word today, but I can't for the life of me remember what," says one of the practitioners. He seems quite cheerful, but definitely spotty in places, so I take him home and we sit in bed with the biscuit tin and some train videos.
3. When I go up to bed Alec is lying right in my half. I shove him over and enjoy the warm, baby-shaped spot. He is a hot little body and always kicks off the covers I lovingly snuggle around him.
Drop-off, straight home and resting.
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