This morning I stirred around 5:30 a.m. and realized that Martin was in the room with us. Anders got up shortly thereafter to shower and they had breakfast together and were finished around the time I got up at 6:45. From the time they got into the kitchen, Martin was talking non-stop. He talked for nearly an hour. When Anders came to say goodbye just after I’d gotten out of the shower, I asked him, “WHAT is he talking about? He’s been talking for an hour!” Anders laughed and just shook his head, and told me that you don’t actually have to answer, you just have to be present. 🙂 I asked Martin later what he had been talking about, and part of it was the new Milky Star character on the side of the milk carton (She’s a superhero made strong by milk, natch) and part was about the dream he had which was extremely complicated so I won’t go into it here.
I’m reminded of something a colleague of my sister’s once asked her. She had been explaining something to this new employee and holding forth at great length, and she said the employee’s eyes got larger and larger while she was talking and finally my sister stopped and said, “What?” and the person asked her, “Do you breathe through your ears?”
🙂