21 years young

My sister is at this stage where she wants to write everything down. Her essays are usually two-liners about what she did that day, or who she played with, or how she felt. The d's and b's are frequently confused and she never dots her i's so they tend to look like lowercase k's, but apart from that, its stellar stuff. She even draws smileys at the top to help categorize the pages. There's a happy smiley and a sad smiley and a frowny, angry smiley and that's ALL. She can categorize every event as either happy, sad, or angry. I can't help but be envious of how simple and luxurious her life is (I secretly want to tell her 'DON'T GROW UP, YOU'LL HAVE TO LEARN THAT BEING A PRINCESS IS NOT ACTUALLY A VIABLE CAREER PATH FOR YOU')

I talked to my ex on the phone today. For the first time in a very very long time.

It took me a few seconds to recognize his voice on the phone, and then it was almost reflexive. I was euphoric at first.

It retrospect...the whole conversation felt like jamming puzzle pieces into place. Some things fit just like they did. Other things were like those annoying four head pieces that are the same shade from corner to corner, and the only thing you can do is turn and jam and turn and jam and turn and jam and they still don't fit.

After I hung up, I couldn't shake the feeling of strangeness. Is this a happy smiley event? A sad smiley event?

How exactly do you draw a bewildered smiley, I wonder