today

three lovely things happened

one after the other

to little old me

in my teacup room

on my pea green carpet.

first, the phone rang

you know, that old old phone

that antique from gram

it's pale pink and jangly.

hello chirped kara

(always the bird)

but turned to me:

it's for you.

it was him

and his voice was smiling

and so was mine.

second, he asked me

to meet him tomorrow

5 pm at the bravery

and i said yes yes yes!

third (best of all),

he lowered his voice

his sweet sweet voice

and whispered

"i love you."

and i swear,

i melted right there

on my pea green carpet

in my teacup room

with my pale pink jangly phone

held tight to my ear.

May 15 at 6:59am

if

it

rains

we'll

just

sit

in the car

which is what might have happened anyway, but

i agree, rain is just ridiculous

(and not in a good

way).

i feel really bad that you were so upset!

are you sure you're alright?

when did you end up falling asleep?

i miss you.

the first on the fifteenth:

there is an elderly man who often passes by my building with a yellow umbrella. i have noticed that he always has the umbrella even when there is not a cloud in the sky. one day i was terribly lonely and decided to stop him and ask about this.

"why do you carry an umbrella in the sun?" i inquired politely as i could.

the man smiled with crooked teeth.

"because," he said softly, "this world is so big and i am so small."

and then he slowly walked away, leaving me with my mouth agape and my heart lightened somehow.