I went on a three-mile walk around the neighborhood with my sister and Maya ("papaya") yesterday afternoon. While she slept, my sister and I talked about life, our parents, the girlfriend I haven't met yet, the graduate degree i haven't gotten yet, the book club she doesn't have time for, and the 6-packs of Guiness and Tsing-Tao she has in the fridge.

As soon as we get home, I poured myself a Guiness and her a Tsing-Tao.

Life is swell.

I offered her a sip of Guiness but she said, "No thanks, no chocolate milk for me right now."