Best smell of the day – the streets of Downtown Crossing, at dusk, in the rain.
Best music of the day – the bells of some church near Downtown Crossing, at dusk, in the rain.
Number of babies currently gestating in my friends’ abdomens – 3
Number imported British cookies currently gestating in my abdomen – 4
Television programs I still ache for – Stargazer (the midnight astronomy show on PBS), Blackadder, Today’s Japan, and World News from Berlin.
Number of detours encountered this morning driving to and from the airport – 5
Number of minutes I spent navigating hopelessly through the streets of South Boston before 8am, due to aforementioned detours and my own lack of direction – 35
Current professional options for my immediate or kind-of-immediate future – 4
Percentage chance that my boyfriend will jump up and work lucratively abroad in the next five years – 70%
Coffee or tea? – Neither. Chilled juice.