and wayyyy too hard.
... I told T that I have a birthday coming up.
she made sure of the day and then said,
do you ... want me to do something?
first I thought, did you really think i told you just so you would do something about it?! then I realized it was kindness (duh SAWE), I just have trouble recognizing it when it comes

she brings other clients ice cream and stuff on their birthdays. I personally couldn't make it go down, I wasn't fishing for gifts.
then I thought, no his is too easy. She Who Holds The Balance of Power wants to know what I
want?

I want an extra half hour, T, in which you tell me true, good news of how I am REALLY doing.
heck if she asked me to pay for that, I would.
Did I tell her? Oh certainly not.
Oh no, i don't want anything. thanks awfully.