IN: I ' ve been battling a sore throat for a few days , and yesterday Nick woke from his nap several times with a stuffy sounding nose . Sure enough , by bedtime last night he was so stuffed up his nose was n't working at all . He was up every hour .
How will Nick feel today ?

OUT: He will be tired from lack of sleep .

IN: No art on walls , save for a large collage I 'd built years before . Stereo . A PC and a typewriter . Everything in its right place . Astrid 's at work tonight , and I ' m sitting in the apartment looking around .
How would describe the apartment Astrid and the narrator share ?

OUT: It is sparse .

IN: When standing , the edge of the seat rested in the crook of my knee , and it strapped on around each leg and through the middle in an X - shaped series of belts . It was cumbersome and awkward , and somehow I was going to have to run in it . After a good priming and being attached to everything , a dark cloud rolled overhead and the view cleared over the lake .
What may I be about to do ?

OUT:
Hang glide