I was at a relative’s place and I snuck up to the upper floors to find a mattress to take a nap. I passed by the children’s play area and I hadn’t gotten a chance to lay down before I heard their voice from downstairs saying that they wanted to play. My brother and uncle turned on the lights as they walked up the stairs. My brother wanted to test out the electronic piano but no sound would come out when he pressed the keys. I tried to troubleshoot for him but couldn’t find any obvious issues to fix.

My aunt and uncle were staying over for the night and our family was hanging out in the field. My cousin brought all of their dogs out from the car. There was a faint smell of weed in the air. My uncle proceeded to explain how they got each one of their five dogs (three of them having already passed from old age). My cousin warned us that pugs were destructive as she let them loose onto the field. They seemed to be content just rolling around in the grass.

I needed to find a way back home so I took out my phone to look at the map. I was somewhere south of Coquitlam and getting home was going to require more than an hour by transit. Someone next to me pulled out a green colored cigarette.

I looked out of the window and saw that all of the backyards were flooded. I jumped down from the second story and found out that the water was surprisingly clear.

I went downstairs to go to the restroom and ended up in the one that was in a state of disrepair. Most of the lights were broken save for a few that were close to the floor. The tiled walls were mostly smashed up and water was leaking from the roof. There was a large hole in the ground next to the urinal I was standing at and I could see rows of desks in a flooded classroom below.

We were meeting up at a coffee place called “The Great Pacifico”. She was reading a stack of books when I came in and greeted her. It had been a long time since we’d last seen each other. She promptly took out an ornate box with a Nintendo DS Lite inside and a pack of wet wipes. She asked me to clean the box and console for her.

I was looking for a place to eat around Seattle and ended up choosing to go to somewhere known as “food street”. I texted my friend I was going and she replied she’d be there later. I walked around the arcade and spotted some friends from elementary school. I stepped in front of them but they didn’t seem to recognize me. “Hey” I said, “It’s me, Clark.” There was a long pause before I explained that I had just recently moved to Vancouver. By the end only one of them sort of remembered me.

There were ads for interest rates of 6.7% on savings plus free thousands of dollars to claim all around town. I turned to my friends told them how money was fake if ads like that were real.

I had been selected for space travel and I had a boarding pass in hand. There was still some time left until boarding so I headed into one of the many computer rooms down the hall. I started playing a first person shooter game and hit off with one of the other players in the lobby. In a short span of time we had become rather familiar with each other and my parents, who were looking over my shoulder, teased me about us becoming a couple.

My old professor was hosting a Valentine’s Day event on campus and was also leading a featured “moaning choir”. Alumni and parents alike were invited to the many all-day events. My professor spotted me and walked down the steps and gave me a hug. He asked me how everything turned out. I explained to him how I was still looking for a job and that before coming over I was doing photography in Taiwan.