The Theory That Note Heaven Might Be Fine for Old Age

Today is my regular check-up at the neurosurgery clinic.
The wait is long, as expected.

Since this is an emergency-designated hospital,
when I look out the window, I see ambulance after ambulance coming and going.
Every time a siren wails,
I am reminded that this is reality.
It is a place where you can see the front lines of life.

While gazing blankly at that scenery,
I was reading Michi-san's article on my smartphone.
A story about espers.

Writing a comment,
getting a reply,
and commenting again. Since it's about espers,
speaking of espers, there's "Esper Mami".

We talked about Mami's brooch,
how Jintan pills come out when you press the hidden button,
talking about espers and teleportation,
it's a conversation that doesn't fit in a neurosurgery waiting room no matter how you look at it.

In the middle of that exchange,
we started talking about this.

If I keep writing on note,
I'll be using my brain and my time,
so maybe it'll even help prevent dementia.
Maybe,
I might not even need to use long-term care insurance, we said.

The moment I read that,
a fantasy suddenly expanded in my mind.

In my fantasy, I was
talking to Esper Michi.

Esper Michi is
an esper who can read people's presence,
and she pretty much sees through everything while holding a cat.
Jintan pills come out when you press her heart, but
it seems you get into a pinch if you use it too much.

I was smiling a little to myself.

Thinking about old age.
Even if I need a place to connect with people,
it won't be
a facility,
or a hospital.

Just like this,
writing about my daily life on note,
saying I'm fine today, my lower back hurts today, my uric acid levels are worrying 😟
Sharing things like that,
commenting, waiting for replies,
remembering it again, and smiling.

It's fine to form meaningless units.
Even when I become an old lady,
or rather, even when I become a grandmother.

That,
won't be a facility or a hospital, but note heaven.

In the neurosurgery waiting room
where ambulance after ambulance arrives,
I was passing the time
while imagining such a future.

Not bad.
No,
it actually sounds quite fun.

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