April 24, 2010
Am supposed to meet with Kathy for dinner at a restaurant, but I am walking to King of Prussia, and I end up forty minutes late. Rekha is there, by surprise, but they have eaten without me, and I am not allowed in the restaurant anyway, for I am a mess, and I missed my reservation, and the restaurant is crowded. Two old friends are outside, also not allowed in, and I talk with them a little, but feel out of place, as the conversation gets more awkward and stilted. We go to get ice cream instead, and when we come back to the restaurant it is night and Kathy and Rekha have gone. I slowly walk back. Then Kathy reappears, picking me up, offering me a ride home, and we are driving these summery backroads near Hillside, which is suddenly on a mountain within a valley. We drive up, climb up jungle gyms to get inside, and the school is an empty red castle, and we sit at the windows, looking down at the people moving like ants.
