Hospital It probably means something that I know the shortcut from the chest clinic to the sleep disorder unit. There is a photograph of clouds here. And the guy across from me is snoring. I suppose I'm staying awake better than that! Things are running Through my head. I'm glad nobody knows me here. I'm usually not one for anonymity. I don't actually believe anonymity exists: people will catch up with me here eventually. I hope they'll wait until after summer's done. I dislike summer.

Sixty-Five According to my personal mythology, that's how many days I have left to live. The Day is Friday, 27 July. What does it mean, then, that I've just accepted a job that starts nearly a month after that date? Do we call that hope, or just a very good contingency plan?