Overheard at a downtown bus stop

I missed a lot of Dude 1's dialogue because his back was to me.

Dude 1: ...had a baby two weeks ago...
Dude 2: That is huge! Congratulations!
Dude 1: ...yeah...been crazy...[lengthy unintelligible]
Dude 2: But what are you doing here, and awake? You should be asleep or tending to the babe.
Dude 1: I had to go back to work this week... [unintelligible]

The practical pattern may be what it's been for the past twenty years, but the ideal has shifted: a new dad is supposed to be home with the newborn. Awwwww.


Today's earrings: compasses

Bedtime reading: Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen