Tierney

Blastophaga psenes

“Your student aid income-driven repayment plan recertification deadline is approaching.” The email notification lurks on the screen of my phone. I can’t deal with this right now; it’s six in the morning and the parks won’t landscape themselves. I flick the notification off of my screen and rustle through the pile of laundry on my desk chair to grab the palm-sized black notebook from the pocket of yesterday’s pants. I use the dim light of my phone to see the page as I jot down a reminder to respond to the student aid email. As I shuffle to the toilet, I swipe away more notifications on autopilot. The last one catches my attention and I open it to allow myself a few moments of escapism in the dark void that is Twitter.