It was getting late at a friend’s place and I overheard a conversation about how I was the only person who lived far away. I checked the map on my phone to see that I had missed the last train of the night. Someone commented that “[I] was bad with asking for a ride home”.

I was back in Taiwan for the winter and my mom kept asking me how I got my bike. I told her that it was just in the garage the whole time and seemed to be in usable shape. Apparently my dad had just recently bought a new bike but had to install the separately sold wheels by himself. I got onto the bike for a test ride although the seat was a little low.

I was cooking a big bowl of noodle soup for the kids when I scooped plastic seasoning packets out of the broth. My cousin said that she’d be able to get me back to my old job on a normal contract if I wanted. I told her that I’d have to think about it.

We were sitting outside of a clinic and someone asked what we thought it was for. Based on the amount of pregnant women in the waiting area I guessed that it was an OB/GYN or some related department.