My partner is here with me for a couple of days; then he’ll return home, and I’ll stay here for a while yet. The prospect of seperation is uncomfortable, but it would not make sense to compromise and try and stay in the same space at the expense of his comfort or my obligation to help a friend. Also, someone needs to be there for the cat.

I usually send him a note with his bento box for lunchtime, and so there are five hand written notes in individually labeled envelopes on the kitchen counter. Not to be opened until the specified date.

For when he gets home.