The morning in NYC started with this.

Time to wake up and make some coffee. I walked toward the espresso machine zombie-like and emptied the remainder of the beans into the hopper. NK showed up soon after, a shadow of pink fluff in their onesie. They sat on the sofa with their TODOs for the vacation. I noticed the notebook they used is a college-ruled A4 size, unlike the pocket-size notebooks they usually write their thoughts in.

I hope this vacation will be Paché. Inner peace and self-reflection. I know how new-age this sounds (is this called “new-age” still? I think with the years, “new-age” is now “old-age”), but I find that in other vacations I often appreciate this the most. This is why I packed a new small notebook with me, to capture some of it on paper. The computer can be too distracting. Only now I spent half an hour researching and updating my wiki; typing paché above (with accent over the e) showed me my instructions on the wiki needed updating.