"I think I'm having a heart attack!"

We were riding home from Maia's school yesterday.

I had been thinking seriously about changing professions or retiring. A friend had died suddenly and unexpectedly on Tuesday, and that had gotten me thinking about alternatives.

"Maia," I said, "I might stop being a lawyer and open a restaurant."

"Why!" she exclaimed. "You make a lot of money!"

I started laughing.

"I'm shocked!" she said, vamping it up now. "I think I'm having a heart attack!" she said, grasping her chest.

John, Friday, September 9, 2011.