I stood on the lawn for a full minute after Mira's car disappeared, dripping and grinning like an idiot. Then I walked back inside my house. With my keys on my counter and my river out the back and my pool that I had just made out with my mom's best friend in.
'Probably shouldn't lead with that one when introducing it to guests.'
I tracked pool water across the entire ground floor on the way to the stairs and felt zero panic about it. It was my floor. I could ruin it if I wanted to.
Adulthood is banzai!!!
The shower upstairs came out hot in two seconds, and its pressure could punch the tiredness out of your shoulders. There was a row of empty slots clearly designed for fancy bottles I did not yet own.
Mental note. Buy fancy bottles, even if I wouldn't use them.
When I came out, wrapped in a towel that was bigger than my old comforter, I caught myself in the bathroom mirror and actually paused.
Huh.
