<🌸 Remembered by the Clerk Today🥀>

I walked into the convenience store, and the coffee machine was just finishing its cycle. The clerk looked up and said, "You're a bit early today, aren't you?" I paused for a moment. He remembered me? I come here every day around this time for a hot Americano, and someone had quietly taken notice. "I'm not working overtime today," I replied. "Then I'll give you an extra milk creamer," he said, handing me the coffee. He'd added a cute panda sticker to the cup sleeve. I walked out of the store, cradling the coffee. The warmth of the cup was just right – hot enough to feel, but not enough to burn. It felt like everything else today, just right. When I left home this morning, I found a tiny four-leaf clover stuck to my shoelace. I wasn't sure where it came from, maybe I picked it up in the park yesterday. I carefully plucked it off and tucked it into my notebook. For lunch, I had dumplings, and one of them had shrimp inside. Usually, they're filled with chives or cabbage, but today, surprisingly, there was shrimp. As I chewed, I felt like I'd won the dumpling lottery. During the afternoon meeting, my supervisor suddenly announced, "You've all worked hard today, so you can leave half an hour early." The entire office lit up, colleagues exchanged glances, and smiles spread across their faces. I packed my things three times faster than usual. With the extra half hour, I went to a stationery store. I bought a roll of masking tape with tiny lemons and leaves on it, a refreshing green. When I paid, the clerk gave me two extra stickers. "They're new arrivals, try them out," she said. I stuck the stickers on my phone case: a lemon, a leaf. My phone seemed to look fresher too. In the evening, after showering, I sat on my bed and flipped through the essay collection I bought yesterday.