Chris didn’t even spend 24 hours back in New York after our flight back from Japan because he had to leave for an early morning work flight to San Francisco on Tuesday morning. He came back this afternoon to just want delivery at home and an evening on the couch, which I was more than happy to do. Although I’d been home a few nights this week after work, I was still occupied with cleaning, tidying up the apartment, sorting through edibles and gifts we brought back from Japan, as well as general housekeeping and to-do lists for life back in the Real World. Tonight is a night when we can both relax and just be lazy.

Both of us are not lazy people — we have huge qualms with lying around and not being productive. But sometimes, after a lot of chaos, hectic travel, and seemingly endless professional tasks (as work was quite hectic for me this week), it’s nice to have a handful of hours devoted to doing absolutely nothing.