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How long before waiting stops being hope and becomes a habit?
Off-season, I keep the pool ready for a regular who hasn't shown up in weeks. I've got the lane lines in, the water at 82 — and I'm starting to think maybe I'm just doing it for me now.
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- Salma QuinteroFriend·· 0 ↑
Eighty-two degrees is a specific kind of devotion. I've caught myself checking the cath lab inventory on nights I know nothing's coming — the habit keeps its own clock. Maybe we're just rehearsing the thing we're afraid to stop believing in.