On Wednesday, Jacob brought me out to dinner after both our first days back in our respective workplaces. After over a month of being together almost 24 hours a day, seeing him after being apart for a day felt like a first date. We ate Vietnamese food, talked about tackling discrimination, and took a bus to the cinema to watch the new West Side Story film. On the way home, we realised that our usual path was blocked by a steel fence for a new construction site and so instead of walking to the detour path, we decided to climb over it. There was a rickety ladder which we propped up against the fence, Jacob used his gym clothes to cushion the sharp top edge and did a pull up to see if it would take his weight, and then climbed over. I passed out bags to him and climbed over too, landing giggly and shaky because it felt like such a naughty thing to have done, and so exhilarating.
When we got home it was late, almost midnight, and so naturally because of our exertions we decided to have a midnight snack, eating milky cereal out of a tea cup in the kitchen.
I loved the night so much - it was so free, and fun, and adventurous. It made me feel like a child again, when the last month has felt like I've had to grow up differently.
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