Voyager » Susan

something attached to my neck that feels strange when I turn my head. But I can turn enough to look out the window.

The day seems beautiful, but that is common in the South Bay of San Francisco. The Santa Cruz mountains prevent fog from rolling onto us, and the Pacific peacefully sends a few pleasant clouds over our heads. The 70s is a common temperature this time of year. Wait… what time of year is this? It seems like it is near ‘the birthdays’: my wife and I have birthdays in April. So is today April something?

Hah! Maybe it is April first!

This is a very elaborate prank on me.

VOYAGER » SUSAN

May

They are going to send me to Trinity “Please train the new guy…” and then we will send you to Trinity. Dr. A. didn’t say ‘Trinity’ when she spoke to me, but they send me wherever they need more dialysis. And I bet it is up in Trinity or somewhere in ‘True Northern’ California. I don’t want to go to Trinity. This gig is good: Menlo Park is pretty easy to get to, and I can live in Oakland and commute over the bridge. I like Oakland. My family likes Oakland. Actually, I love Oakland. Maybe they will send me to Oakland?

No, they will send me back to Bishop. Or to Oroville so I can play with the dam. Or to Palm Desert so I can play with the tortoises. Or to Trinity so I can play with the trees. That will be the pitch “Trinity is so beautiful with all the trees”. A thousand trees are beautiful… nothing but trees is Hansel-and-Gretel not beautiful. “But the committee would really appreciate it”. I am nothing but an enslaved employee… I am not even an employee given I can’t change employers.