Anonymous stories from a life in progress

Still
Rerouting

True stories from a life that keeps rerouting.

Science. Work. Delivery. Family. Life. The route keeps changing; the stories keep coming.

Written under the name Daniel Vale.

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Work · 004

A Healthy Lifestyle. With Minor Adjustments.

The consulting contract vanished, there was no regular EI cushion in my situation, and DoorDash could start almost immediately. What looked like a one-week interruption slowly became a new map of Montreal.

Life · 003

Build the Fence. We'll Move the Deadline Later.

The safety argument made sense. The several-thousand-dollar retrofit was mandatory. Then, less than two weeks before the deadline, Quebec decided everyone could have more time.

Delivery · Fifth Floor Dispatches · 002

Buzzer Code: Lambert

The buzzer code was a name, 715 led to a French recording, and the Amazon packages by the door started to make perfect sense.

Delivery · Fifth Floor Dispatches · 001

Fifteen Bags, One Salmon, and the Fifth Floor

Fifteen Walmart bags. One wrong apartment. Fifth floor. Then the salmon enters the story.