Returning to the computer, Hallie decides she has writer's block and answers emails for the next four hours instead. She fixes herself a tall glass of freshly squeezed orange juice from the kitchen. While deliberating whether "popped" or "popping" adequately conveys the message of her card, Hallie finally decides it's all too much and she could use a drink. Pushing those thoughts out of her head, however, Hallie cracks her knuckles and gets to work. Maybe after her masterful new line of cards sells. She's had her eye on a sleek, new Macbook Air, but can't afford the investment just yet. "Just popped by to say." Hmm, she thinks, that's a little better.įifteen minutes later, Hallie sits down to her computer, an old Asus Intel. This one, she thinks to herself, will use three-dimensional petals to make the design really POP on the page. Chomping her way through a huge BLT sandwich, extra pickles, Hallie gives a little thought to a new card she's been planning. Yes, by night, Hallie is a parking attendant but by day (more precisely, mid-morning), a budding greeting card poet.īy noon, Hallie has showered, thrown on a fresh pair of pajamas (no suits necessary), and sits down for breakfast-"lunch" to everyone else in the world. Now, it's because Hallie works the late shift at a parking garage. Then, it was because she was partying the entire night. In her college years, as an English major, Hallie would often wake up at this same time. Hallie Mark wakes up at her usual time: 11:00AM.
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