apples and trees

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Katrina is constantly complaining about my attire.

"So...is it just the one black t-shirt and sweatpants that used to be black but have now faded into some kind of Corpse Blue? Or do you have multiple?" she asks.

Or simply, "News flash: you are not Steve Jobs."

When we went out to dinner the other night, I made a point of wearing a maroon dress shirt and beige slacks. She didn't notice, of course, so I pointed it out. She took exception to my phrasing.

"That is not a 'costume,' John. Those are what normal people call 'clothes.'"

Tomato, tomahto.

And so we dined, and then we returned to her waiting husband and child. I would visit, but first a couple of uncomfortable things simply had to go.

Welcome back, t-shirt and sweats. Daddy wuvs you.

Everyone was seated on the patio when I returned. The nine year old girl looked up at me and grimaced.

"Why did you change? You looked so nice!"