9.04.2009

small talk

0515 - wake up, get to hospital
1600 - leave hospital
1700-2200 - class
I almost think I should keep this schedule. I won't, because I want to pass my classes, but I do sleep well with exhaustion as my blanket, too tired to process the day.

I used to think small talk was a superficial waste of time, but now I understand that it is useful for avoiding uncomfortable social situations.

"How are you?"
(her cancer came back- she has already written birthday cards to her little girls for each year to come, that fungal infection could kill him tonight, the chemo seared the lining of his mouth/throat- he can hardly talk or swallow through the pain.)
"I'm doing well, and yourself?"