On a playdate with the kids, I meet a nanny who laughs out loud with her whole body. She’s texting her friends from back home. “Some of my friends make me weak.” 

The house has a deer head in the hall and a stuffed peacock in the parents bedroom. They have a beautiful library of books. Their dog Mimi has one eye and the 8 year old girl is allowed to dye her hair blue. 

Raising a family in the city makes no sense to me. You have to pay someone to walk your dog and look after your kids. And the only thing the kids want do is shop online. 

I eat goldfish for the first time in years. I play solitaire. I wait for something.