When we were going steady, I wanted something new. Now that we’ve just broken up and I’m in a car on the way to the airport, a box full of all my stuff in the trunk—now I just want one of our normal days. Whoever woke up first would make two mugs of hot lemon water and then roll out the yoga mat for morning stretches and leave the mat out for the other, sleeping in. 

We would each have our alone time in the mornings, typing on our laptops, sipping lemon water. Sometime before noon, one of us would get bored and go