Summer girls

The blistering hot summer just ended as the evenings have started to cool. The day is overcast and you can just have the window open without the air con. No sweat pouring off you while standing still. A slight chill permeate into you bones even if it is still twenty eight degrees. And there seems to be nothing to do. An empty blob on my schedule that is not filled in by the eleven o clock call or a sms announcing that we i us have less then an hour to get into string bikinis pack our sun tan oil and grab a towel to meet at the ferry or get picked up in a cab on the way to the beach or pool. There will be no more junk trips planned as our last closing one was three weeks ago. I called tina. ‘i am bored. ‘ i said, ‘i went to vote and now have nothing to do. Turns out i have no friends. If i knew this i would beg nico not to dump me. I mean dont one need a boyfriend in the winter?’ she laughs, ‘we are going to my office annual party next week. You will find a date.’ ‘yuck. I am not dating for five weeks. Too much trouble. You know i cant remember what he looks like now,’ ‘getting over it then.’ ‘if you say so. What did we use to do on the weekends before we all met each other? That was just two months ago.’ ‘i dont remember either. What do people do in the winters?’ ‘work, stress, be bored? I dont know. Did i not have a life before maddie, nico and you?’ ‘you must have. I did too. Just dont remember what it was’ ‘summer friends. Summer flings. Summer days summer nights all over’ ‘yeah. Back to the market. It will start going up again after labour day in the u S. Has that passed?’ ‘yes last week. Burning man is over. Over labour day weekend.’ ‘when will madie be back?’ ‘three weeks.’ ‘so far away’ ‘yeah. Everything will be different by then again,’ ‘who did you vote for?’ ‘number four. Democratic party. This is the unsaid referendum. We win so far in the polls.” ‘its cold!’ ‘we are such summer girls.’ ‘i know’