Just Like When I Was A Kid

My company give us Election Day off and, after fulfilling my civic duty (and obtaining my "I Voted" sticker) I drop off Katie at the subway and take another route home.

At home I can hear the children playing in the schoolyard that butts up against the backyards behind our building. They scream and shout at each other, like kids do.

I sit inside, like I used to at recess, quietly reading, listening to the chaos of life outside and glad I'm not out in it.