Idleness and Unrest

Alex is delighted he's happened upon an easily mastered pharmaceutical database position in Manhattan that affords an abundance of downtime. He works the 12:00 to 8:00 PM shift and Idleness and Unrest takes place during one of them. As his workload is light on that day, he grabs his laptop and hooks up with his girlfriend, Hilaria, at a nearby park. Hilaria is unhappily married, emotionally ignored by her surgeon husband, and met Alex at a yoga class during one of his previous shifts. Although in love they've rarely been face to face outside of Alex's working hours, because Hilaria's constrained by her husband's schedule.

On this occasion, and while not ceasing to flow from one adventure to another, Alex and Hilaria question why they're allowing circumstances to stymie their affection for one another—vow to overcome the restrictions imposed on their relationship by her marriage and his job. Divorce is open to Hilaria, as is freelance remote work for Alex, and they share an abiding love of Puerto Rico.