25. Miserable

While I was drawing this, a car pulled into the driveway and an elderly woman got out, walking with a stick.
She looked back at me several times, but the angle of her mouth told me I should not wave hello.
So I went back to my drawing and podcast.
About half an hour later, a short man with dark hair and a moustache drove up and parked his car in front of the house next door.
He got out of the car and, while walking up the driveway, looked over at me a few times.
I waved, but he didn’t wave back.
As miserable as the old woman, I thought to myself.
Then around 10 minutes later a large, silver SUV stopped right in front of me and a woman leaned across from the driver’s side and shouted something.
Because I had my earbuds in and was listening to AC/DC with the volume way up, I had not heard what she said.
I took my earbuds out and called back to her, asking her what she had said.
‘I just love seeing creative people do their thing!’ she said, a big smile on her face.
‘Thank you,’ I said smiling back at her. ‘I just love creating.’
At this we both laughed, and then the woman said, ‘I’ll let you carry on then!’ and I waved and she drove off.