Discontent by Beatriz Serrano

 

"...I fantasize about that possibility until I realize that those things only happen in fiction. Real life is much more ordinary: metro rides, evenings at the supermarket, calls to your phone company's customer service, gynecological checkups, baskets of dirty clothes that pile up in the bathroom, toothpaste tubes that are squeezed and folded to get out the last drop, unanswered messages from people you want to answer and answered messages from people you couldn't care less about, bills, loyalty cards for La Sirena frozen foods and Carrefour accumulating in your waller, dishcloths that smell damp, deep-cleaning the kitchen after a lot of frying. In real life, boredom exists, as does uneasiness and situations that lead to nothing, no character growth or plot advancement of any sort."