quietkaeru
- SmiskisMy sister sent me a Smiski for my birthday. It’s a tiny glow-in-the-dark figure hugging its knees, and it now lives on the shelf above my bed. The card said they like to hide in corners. I didn’t understand until I turned off the light and there it was, a small green ghost keeping watch. I have three now. One is reading, one is stretching, one is just sitting. I don’t think I’ll stop at three.
- I can’t fall sleepIt’s 2:13 and my brain has decided this is the time to review every conversation I had this week. I tried counting backwards from a hundred. I tried the thing where you tense and relax each muscle. I tried reading, which turned into reading for an hour. So I’m writing instead. Maybe putting it here means I don’t have to carry it. Goodnight, internet. Or good morning, depending on where you are.
- The Library CardI got a library card this week, my first since I was a kid. I don’t know why it took me so long. I walked past the branch near my apartment for three years. It’s a low brick building with a book drop out front shaped like a mailbox. I always assumed it would be complicated somehow. It wasn’t. I showed my ID and a piece of mail, and the librarian typed for a minute and handed me a card with a barco