Later than I thought

Lou is off in India and I found myself missing the regular evening phone call. She’s gonna be covered in sun and oil, improving her skills and taking in heat. It’s a lovely thing for her. I’m a bit jealous but I’ve got my haphazard trip to Osaka to look forward to.

Tonight we threw ideas at a our lovely script for Scene and Heard. It’s always a joyful thing, even if the learning is hard. Late rehearsal though meant I got home at the end of the day and behaved as if it is was 6pm. I just clocked the time and it is almost 1 in the morning. I had no idea.

Nobody at home so the luxury of wandering around deshabillé. I had chicken curry pie and booted up this retro emulator I’ve managed to build on Linux with my Steam Deck. Proper nerd stuff here. I spent over an hour playing games I used to play in the nineties when I was a teenager, before messaging one of my only consistent friends from back then in mild astonishment that the two of us spent so much time on simple software systems with obtuse and repetitive gameplay. I’m sure my mother’s disapproval fanned the habit for me. I haven’t got the patience for it anymore, and had just put it down to pick up a book when I noticed how late it has got.

In my dreams I’ll be sending positive vibes to Lou over in sunny India. Covering ground is powerful. I’m glad we both get up see some world…

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