today is ’s birthday. she informed me and that because we forgot her birthday, we now owe her 100 swimming trips.

serves us right. had beers at lunch with and ; fried tofu that was crispy outside and almost melted inside, under a clear sky. sunny but not yet the heavy kind of hot - the first days of summer have arrived. the cicadas have started shedding. looked tired. i’ve been drinking too much beer lately. it just sort of happens. the moon is full tonight and still, i forgot to light incense at the altar again.