Chapter 26

• I try to nap on my bed for a while, but my mind keeps wandering back to Adam The Tick Boxer. I am thinking about inviting him to Sophie's wedding next year! Do you believe it is too soon to ask him? I am curious what he has planned for New Year's Eve. My birthday is on January 1st. Perhaps we could go away for the night...
• I take a long shower and have a surprisingly effective blow-drying and straightening session. Then I put on my clothes. With some natural-looking makeup and brown smoky eyes, and voilà! All done.
• I stomp down the stairs, picking up my white wrappy coat on the way (you have to stomp or stride in heels this high; at least until your second drink, when you can strut or slink). I see Robert emerge from his room with wet hair, pulling a T-shirt down over his jeans. He gives me a whistling sound.